Structure and scope. "This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important issues in the foreign policy of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. This volume documents U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union from October 1970 to October 1971, ending with the announcement of the May 1972 Moscow summit between President Richard Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev."--p. iii-iv.

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Preface -- Sources -- Abbreviations and terms -- Persons -- Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971. "A Moment of unusual uncertainty": Meeting between Nixon and Gromyko, October 12-December 31, 1970 ; "A Key point in our relationship": backchannel talks on SALT, Berlin, and the Summit, January 1-April 22, 1971 ; "One of two routes": Soviet-American relations and Kissinger's secret trip to China, April 23-July 18, 1971 ; Between Beijing and Moscow: summit announcement, July 19-October 12, 1971 -- Index.