Détente in the 1970s
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- Détente in the 1970s
- SALT 1 - Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (1972)
- Superpowers agreed to limit the amount of nuclear weapons they had
- No further production of strategic ballistic weapons
- No increase in number of intercontinental ballistic weapons (ICBMs) (though new ones could be added to replace old ones
- No new nuclear missile launchers. New submarines to that could launch nuclear weapons (SLBMs) only allowed as replacements for existing missile launchers
- The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty limited both sides to two ABM deployment areas
- How effective was SALT 1
- Slowed down arms race
- Led to further negotiations that culminated in the SALT 2 Treaty
- Ensured that neither side had a decisive advantage
- Did not cover intermediate nuclear weapons, both sides continued to deploy in Europe during the late 1970's
- 1975 Helsinki Agreement
- Signed by all European countries except Albania and Andorra, as well as the US, the USSR and Canada in Helsinki, Finland
- Agreement on borders: East and West Germany accepted each other officially
- All disputes to be settled peacefully through the UN if necessary
- No country to interfere in the internal affairs of another country
- Trade cooperation: the US agreed to buy oil from the USSR and the USSR agreed to buy wheat from the US
- Sharing of scientific knowledge (e.g. in medicine) and education cooperation (e,g, student exchanges)
- Countries to respect human rights, including freedom of speech, religion, movement and information
- The importance of Helsinki
- Helped the US and USSR for a table relationship
- Represented the high point of détente
- Coincided with more US-Soviet cooperation like the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975) - a joint space mission - and trade agreements
- Limits to Helsinki
- USSR continued to focus on Eastern bloc countries and to apply the Brezhnev Doctrine, treated dissidents harshly; scientist Alexander Sakharov was arrested, hospitalised and force-fed
- USA continued to prioritise its interests in countries it could influence, like Chile and El Salvador
- SALT 1 - Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (1972)
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