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The original documents are located in Box D35, folder "House Speech Soviet Union, June
25, 1973" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald
R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Remarks by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, to be placed in the Congressional Record 6/25/73
Mr. Speaker, President Nixon and Soviet
Communist Party Chief Leonid
Brezhnev last weekend concluded a series of meetings at the summit which produced a
number of steps
toward world peace. Observers of these summit meetings
must conclude that the fruits of the Nixon-Brezhnev conferences constitute historic
advances in the quest for what Mr. Nixon calls "a generation of peace."
The United States and the Soviet Union last Friday agreed formally to consult
each other whenever there is a risk of nuclear war and to refrain from any "threat
or use of force" that would jeopardize world peace. Furthermore, in this "Agreement
on the Prevention of Nuclear War," the two nations joined in an alliance against
nuclear confrontation, pledging that they would work together to maintain world peace
and to avoid serious international confrontations.
Earlier last week--on Thur sday--President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed
a Declaration of the Seven Principles, which promises to pave the way for a second
Strategic Arms Limitation (SALT) Agreement. The guidelines are similar
to the joint
U.S.-Soviet
pronouncement in May 1971 that broke the impasse in the stalled
SALT I negotiations.
The Seven Principles Agreement commits the
U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to conclude
a treaty limiting offensive nuclear wapons by 1974; pledges both nations to a
permanent limitation on strategic nuclear weapons; and broadens the SALT II talks to
include qualitative improvements in offensive nuclear weapons. It also commits both
sides not only to the limiting of such weapons but also to an actual reduction of
strategic weapons.
Mr. Nixon and Mr. Brezhnev also signed an agreement calling for increased cooperation
in developing peaceful uses of atomic energy--the first such practical agreement between
the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. on a working level. Both sides are seeking a break through
that might result in the development of a nuclear reactor producing pollution-free
electrical energy.
Mr. Speaker, as the summit meetings concluded Mr. Brezhnev invited Mr. Nixon to
visit Moscow next year and Mr. Nixon accepted. That 1974 summit might well be the
occasion for signing of 2 broad treaty limiting offensive nuclear weapons, just as the
1972 summit in Moscow saw the signing of the treaty limiting defensive nuclear weapons.
Mr. Speaker, there is no question but that the summit meetings we have
just
witne ssed have strengthered
peaceful relations between Washington and Moscow and
have been most fruitful and productive. As we continue to build on this foundation,
FORD
we can look forward to peace not only for this generation but beyond.
GERALD
LIBRARY
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Digitized from Box D35 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library