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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wednesday, the President got some pri vate advice on deal ing with Brezhnev. Schmidt also lobbied in Washington for ratification of the SALT treaty. At a private dinner with six Senators and four Congressmen who are undecided about SALT, he warned that rejection of the treaty would seriously set back détente, which he called "vital for a rational world." Schmidt also spoke strongly in favor of the treaty at two public appearances in the U.S., including one at Harvard, where he received an honorary degree...
...Monday morning the two leaders will discuss bilateral matters. Carter will push Brezhnev for firm assurances that the Kremlin will continue its more liberal policy on emigration, particularly for Jews-the price the U.S. Congress has set for lifting restrictions on Soviet trade. The President will also urge Brezhnev to free Dissident Leader Anatoli Shcharansky from prison...
Harry Truman never had this kind of summit opportunity, but he set the context for it. One night early in his presidency, while sitting in the Oval Office, he sadly abandoned his hope that the Soviet Union would be an ally in peace as in war. Glancing up from his desk, he told his counsel, Clark Clifford, that Stalin would have to be confronted in Greece and Turkey, and so the Truman Doctrine was launched. But even through the Berlin airlift and the Korean War, Truman searched for contacts with the Soviet Union, whether ballet dancers or scientists. Eisenhower continued...
...brief scuffle between police and pilgrims. A priest also took the microphone to announce: "Let us pray for those who cannot reach Czestochowa because they are stopped." The regime denied the persistent reports that it was hindering pilgrims in order to cut down the crowds. Supposedly, roadblocks were set up to prevent traffic jams in the cities, but a Western diplomat ran into one a full 19 miles away from Cracow before the Pope's arrival there. Church officials reported to friends that in various cases the buses for pilgrims that were promised in order to ease road congestion...
...Set the Record Straight, Sirica...