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...their first summit in Moscow in 1972, President Nixon gave Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev a Cadillac. At their second meeting last year in Washington, Nixon gave him a Lincoln Continental. Last week, back in Moscow for the third summit in as many years, Nixon brought with him a sporty Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Soviet Union's foremost automobile enthusiast. In a curious sense, the gift of the cheaper auto,* which Brezhnev had specifically requested after reading that it was Motor Trend magazine's "car of the year," was an appropriate symbol of the more relaxed relations...
Though there was still the possibility that Nixon and Brezhnev might make some breakthrough weapons agreement by the end of their talks, so far there were only two minor arms accords in sight: one to ban big underground nuclear explosions (all other major tests were stopped by the two countries in 1963) and another to reduce from two to one the number of places each nation is allowed to protect with anti-ballistic missiles (ABMS). In addition, there were a host of other pacts in other areas. Among them...
...Kalb brothers assert that "on Sept. 22 [Egyptian President Anwar] Sadat informed [Soviet Party Chief Leonid] Brezhnev that the war would begin on Oct. 6. As far as one can tell, the Russian leader raised no objections." Although "there was a steady flow of intelligence indicating plans for an imminent Egyptian-Syrian attack, the political leaders of Israel and the United States, incredibly, failed to recognize it." On Oct. 5, Kissinger was at the Waldorf Towers in New York City for the General Assembly session. He did not receive a report from Ray Cline, then head of the State Department...
...Deter. On Oct. 24 at 9:25 p.m., while still trying to keep the Israelis in line, Kissinger received a phone call from Dobrynin, relaying the now-famous Brezhnev message. It warned that if the big powers could not act jointly, "we should be faced with the necessity urgently to consider the question of taking appropriate steps unilaterally." The Kalbs relate that Kissinger called the President and told him that the "U.S. might have to alert its military forces as one way to deter any unilateral Soviet move. The President concurred...
...provinces. "It's learning by doing," says Director Racine. Part of the second year is spent in private industry or working for a nationalized company. There is no formal curriculum, but the students are required to write papers on such issues as monetary reform or the 1973 Brandt-Brezhnev accord. They also attend frequent seminars, conducted by top civil servants, diplomats and businessmen...