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“Desiring to establish durable foundations for peaceful coexistence and the development of normal and good relations between them,Anxious to strengthen peace and security in Europe,Aware that the inviolability of frontiers and respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all States in Europe within their present frontiers are a basic condition for peace,”
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On September 3, America, Britain, France, and Russia signed the Four Power Agreement. It was meant to lessen the tension between them through Germany.
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When Nixon visited the Soviet Union, he became the first US president to visit the Soviet Union. He met with Soviet leader Brezhnev, and they signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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In June of 1972, Brezhnev visited America, and he and Nixon signed more treaties including the Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement which aimed to reduce the threat of a possible nuclear war.
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Because of the Watergate scandal in which Nixon was involved in, he resigned in order to avoid incoming impeachment. After Nixon resigned, Gerald Ford was sworn in as the President on August 8.
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The Helsinki Final Act was an agreement signed by 35 nations in Helsinki, Finland on August 1. The Act addressed global issues, impacting not only the Cold War, but general American-Soviet relations, as well.
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After the Vietnam War, a conflict between North and South Vietnam that had occurred from 1954-1975, the two sides unified on July 2, 1976 to create the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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On January 20, 1977, James Earl Carter, more commonly known as Jimmy Carter, was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States of America.
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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or the NPT, was created in 1968 and was entered in the force in 1970. On March 10, 1978, President Carter signed the NPT.
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After years of political complications and violence in Afghanistan, on December 26, 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops to the nation in an attempt to crush any threat of civil war through invasion of the area.
