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...days before, he had stood fascinated on the lush grounds of the Black Sea dacha of Leonid Brezhnev as the Soviet Communist chief demonstrated the collapsible glass wall around his Olympic-sized swimming pool, which Kissinger was repeatedly asked to swim in. Kissinger has listened to Brezhnev "order" him to Siberia for failing to yield enough in negotiations. His comeback: "I should be a member of the Politburo since I meet with you guys so much." Kissinger came away from a negotiating session with the Soviets and said, "I would do anything for caviar -and I may have...
...Nixon and Brezhnev talked in the sunny, seaside gardens of Oreanda, they quickly saw how far apart they were. The main problem was to find a way of reconciling the Russian lead in offensive missiles-a lead of 2,358 to 1,710-with the 3-to-l American advantage in warheads, counting the MIR vs. The Russians' nightmare was their conviction that the U.S. is far stronger than they are today, largely because of its lead in MIRV technology; the Americans' fear was that the Soviets, catching up in MlRVs and with more launchers to mount them...
Senseless Race. The Yalta meetings broke up without a decision. The next day, while flying back to Moscow, Kissinger and Gromyko searched for a way out of the impasse. The two devised a proposal that was soon accepted by Nixon and Brezhnev; their only other choice would have been to admit their failure to the world...
...Kissinger, the Moscow summit was also important in personal terms. He surely sensed how the President, weakened by Watergate, was hampered in his bargaining with Brezhnev. Clearly, the freedom of the Nixon Administration in foreign affairs, as in every other sphere, was being cramped by Watergate. This fact may be one reason for the recent subtle change in the relationship between the Secretary and the President. Though the two men still agree on the basics of policy, Kissinger now seems more distant from the President than he did one or two months...
...final day of the summit, Nixon and Brezhnev signed a cautious communiqué. The Soviet leader declared that he was satisfied, although he admitted that the agreements could have been "broader." The two nations followed the customary practice of promising to cooperate more in some areas of science and technology, such as space ventures and research into forms of energy. But on peace in the Middle East, security talks in Europe, the communiqué spoke in platitudes...