Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XIV, Soviet Union

Editors:

David C. Humphrey

Charles S. Sampson

General Editor:

David S. Patterson

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
2001

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Office of the Historian Press Release
• Summary
• Preface
• Johnson Administration Volumes
• Sources for the Foreign Relations Series
• Abbreviations
• Persons
• Soviet Union
• Opening Moves: The Johnson Administration and the Kremlin, January–October 1964 (Documents 1-50)
• Khrushchev's Downfall and Its Consequences: October 1964 (Documents 51-66)
• Starting Over With the New Regime, November 1964–February 1965 (Documents 67-90)
• Vietnam and the Deterioration of Relations; February-December 1965 (Documents 91-145)
• A ‘Controlled’ Freeze, January 1966–May 1967 (Documents 146-216)
• The Glassboro Summit, June 1967 (Documents 217-238)
• Relations on ‘Dead Center,’ July 1967–June 1968 (Documents 239-276)
• Strategic Arms Control and the Abortive Summit July-December 1968 (Documents 277-335)
• Index

Overview

The volume focuses on the issues that primarily engaged high-level U.S. policymakers. Major topics include: (1) Contacts between President Johnson and Soviet leaders, including the Glassboro Summit in 1967; (2) Chairman Khrushchev's ouster in 1964 and its consequences for U.S.-Soviet relations; (3) assessments of Khrushchev's successors; (4) the impact of the Vietnam war on U.S.-Soviet relations; (5) discussions of bilateral issues, including arms control, trade, cultural exchanges, the Civil Air Agreement, the Consular Convention, the defection of Stalin's daughter, and new embassy sites; and (6) the Johnson administration's efforts during 1968 to initiate strategic arms control talks and arrange a summit meeting.