The extent of détente up to 1979

SALT I is agreed

May 1972

The Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive arms would expire in _____

1977

Freeze on ICBMs for the USA and the Soviet Union

1054 ICBMs for the USA and 1618 for the Soviet Union

Freeze on Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles for the USA and the Soviet Union

656 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) for the USA and 740

for the Soviet Union

Freeze on strategic bombers for the USA and the Soviet Union

450 strategic bombers for the USA and 140 for the Soviet Union.

The Moscow Summit; the Basic Principles

May 1972

The Vladivostok Summit takes place; the Soviets agree to equal levels of ICBM launchers and SLBM launchers.

November 1972

Congress passes resolutions supporting the Vladivostok SALT agreement by…

February 1975

Jimmy Carter replaces Ford as President

January 1977

The details of Carter’s new proposals are unveiled to the Soviets; Brezhnev rejects them

28 March 1977

SALT II is announced

9 May 1977

The Vienna Summit takes place; SALT II is signed and finalised

June 1979

Willy Brandt is appointed chancellor of West Germany; Ostpolitik

October 1969

Brandt signs a Non-Aggression Pact with the USSR

August 1970

West Germany signs an agreement with Poland recognising the Oder-Neisse border

7 December 1970

Walter Ulbricht resigns and is replaced with Erich Honecker

May 1971

The Basic Treaty is signed in East Berlin

21 December 1972

The United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands recognise the GDR

February 1973

The Helsinki Accords are finalised

August 1975