Certainly. the United States kept up its end of the bargain. We abandoned Vietnam. drastically curtailed arms expenditures. deployed no new strategic nuclear weapons systems and initiated a policy of trade and aid designed to wean the Soviets and their proxies away from committing acts which we would consider dangerous and provocative. Leaders in this country and Western Europe looked to detente as an opportunity to make genuine progress in arms control. trade. cultural exchanges. emigration. et cetera. We yearned for a relaxation of tensions and eagerly accepted CPSU chief Brezhnevs word that the Soviets. too. sought only peaceful relations with the West and expanded cooperation and trade. Yet. the grandiose expectations regarding detente proved illusory.
Keywords matched
emigration