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...range of cameras and crowds, Brezhnev reverted to the more familiar role of the tough bargainer who has staked his own political career on improving relations with the U.S. for the benefit of the Soviet economy...
...that nuclear code of ethics was an agreement to complete SALT II negotiations for a permanent limit on offensive nuclear arms by the end of 1974, three years before the end of the five-year temporary "freeze" reached as part of SALT I last year. As further earnest of Brezhnev's good intentions, he joined with Nixon in concluding a wide range of agreements that had been worked out before the summit began. The two leaders also pledged their countries...
Verbally, the two leaders also agreed to continue their summitry. Nixon accepted Brezhnev's invitation to come to Moscow next year-perhaps in time to sign a SALT II agreement-and the Soviet leader said that he would like to return to Washington...
...Brezhnev's thorniest selling problem turned on his desire for most-favored-nation status for Russia. That status was part of the Soviet-American trade treaty signed last October and would mean tariff cuts of 50% or more on Soviet imports into the U.S. But 77 Senators and 284 Representatives have backed legislation to deny M.F.N. to any nation that limits free emigration. Their chief concern is the plight of Soviet Jews who want to leave Russia...
...Brezhnev met the problem head on. In an extraordinary gesture, he invited 25 leading Senators and Representatives to a luncheon at Blair House, his guest quarters in Washington. The meal was prepared by a Soviet chef, and over caviar, roast beef and five varieties of Russian wines and liqueurs, he tried to convince American Congressmen that nearly every Jew who had applied had been allowed to leave. Although Soviet emigration policy has eased markedly under pressure from the U.S., some of the Congressmen feared that the liberalization might end if M.F.N. were granted. Asked about this, Brezhnev declared: "We came...