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Like any good host, Brezhnev has exuded good spirits about the visit and politely deferred to his guest as to where they should go. "What he wants to see, we will show him," the Soviet leader said. Brezhnev noted that unlike the President's 1972 trip, when he visited Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad, this time they might go as far afield as Minsk in Byelorussia, Volgograd in Southern Russia, Lake Baikal in Siberia and Yalta in the Crimea, the site of the controversial summit meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin during World War II. Speaking of the agreements he hoped...
...Research Center. "détente is very good for our nerves, and even though the Russians have pretended to have stronger nerves than we do, in effect they also appreciate an easing of these tensions." In an era of nuclear proliferation, that is a statement that both Nixon and Brezhnev can agree upon-and ponder -while they are presenting their toasts this week...
Perfervid Atmosphere. Despite Nixon's enhanced negotiating position and Brezhnev's hopeful prediction, the third Nixon-Brezhnev summit is likely to be the most difficult. Whatever the difficulties, some high U.S. officials believe that détente is imperative. Said one: "If détente comes apart, it could mean a ten-year hiatus." Arms control is the most profound issue facing the two leaders. Though détente enjoyed nearly universal approval a year ago, it is coming under increasing attack in the U.S. and other Western countries from an oddly mixed but powerful alliance of liberals and conservatives...
Conceptual Breakthrough. With Brezhnev very much in control in Moscow, the Russians undoubtedly know what they want to say; but there is some evidence that they do not want to hurry on SALT either, perhaps because they fear that a new agreement would prevent them from catching up with the U.S. qualitatively. When Kissinger was in Moscow in March, optimistically predicting a "conceptual breakthrough" on arms control, he was not able, significantly, to get appointments with top Russian SALT negotiators or Defense Minister Andrei Grechko...
...trade concessions of most-favored-nation status until Russia allows free emigration from its borders. The amendment is designed mostly to help Jews who want to go to Israel, and Senator Henry Jackson appears willing now to compromise with the Administration if Nixon can get a promise from Brezhnev that more Jews-about 35,000 emigrated last year-will be allowed...