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Detente’s mixed results press Ford on Moscow talks
The piece surveys Nixon Kissinger era detente, noting a strategy of using treaties to restrain Soviet actions while balancing public support and military power. It cites divisions over SALT limits, grain credits, and emigration, with Brzezinski and others split on morality and leverage. Public opinion remains cautious but broadly pro detente.
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