The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Digital Library Stategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
After the Vladivostok Summit, further negotiations were still needed to address the advanced technology being developed by the two countries. The US had created new cruise missiles, which had greater accuracy and were undetectable by radar. The USSR had been developing Backfire bombers, which were long-range aircrafts capable of performing nuclear and maritime attacks. President Ford and General Secretary Brezhnev were hesitant to restrict the manufacturing of their respective weapons, which resulted in stalled negotiations. Hoping to ensure that SALT II was signed under the Ford Administration, Secretary of State Kissinger traveled to Moscow in January 1976 with two proposals that incorporated cruise missiles and Backfire bombers into the treaty, but the two sides were still unable to come to a consensus. Disagreements over these two weapons delayed the signing of a final treaty until after President Ford left office. President Carter and General Secretary Brezhnev signed the SALT II treaty on June 18, 1979. Six months later, however, the Soviet Union went to war in Afghanistan. Due to the increased tensions stemming from this conflict, President Carter removed the treaty from consideration before it could be ratified by the US Senate. Nevertheless, both countries honored its terms until the treaty’s expiration in 1985. For more detailed information about the Vladivostok meeting, please explore our page for The Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control. You can also check out the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library photo gallery for State Trips Abroad - Soviet Union. Prepared by Tulin Babbitt, Stacy Davis and Elizabeth Druga; December 2020. Digitized Holdings Related to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Richard Cheney Files (White House Chief of Staff):Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers:
John O. Marsh Files (White House Counsellor):
Ron Nessen Papers: Reading Copies of Presidential Speeches:
White House Records Office Legislation Case Files: White House Special Files Unit:
National Security Adviser. National Security Council Meetings File:
National Security Adviser. Memoranda of Conversations:
National Security Adviser. Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific: National Security Adviser. Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada: National Security Adviser. Kissinger Reports on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions:
National Security Adviser. Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files:
National Security Adviser. Presidential Transition File (Ford-Nixon Transition, 1974): National Security Adviser. Trip Briefing Books and Cables of Gerald Ford: National Security Adviser. Trip Briefing Books and Cales of Henry Kissinger: National Security Adviser. Trip Cables of Brent Scowcroft: Photograph: |
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