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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference | FCO 82/281 |
| Department/Office | Foreign Office |
| Title | Political relations between the USA and Europe (1973) |
| Description | Common interests between the US and the European Community. Report on East/West relations in Europe, the progress towards European integration in the light of the Summit Conference of the Nine. The progress towards East/West detente has increased and underscored the US commitment to West European security. The Ostpolitik of the Federal Republic of Germany has met with the approval of all Western governments, including the US, and has been built into the policies of the NATO Alliance. Berlin agreement underwrites the collective responsibility of the UK, France, the US and the Soviet Union for the situation in and around Berlin. The Moscow Summit marked an important improvement in US/Soviet relations and a joint declaration was issued in favour of talks in preparation for a Conference on Security and Co-operation and mutual and balanced force reductions (MBFR). |
| Date | 1973 |
| Collection | The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 |
| Region | North America, Europe |
| Countries | France, Germany, Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom |
| Places | Africa; Asia; Australia; Britain; Canada; China; Cuba; Eastern Europe; Europe; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Japan; Mediterranean; Middle East; Panama; Soviet Union; Spain; United Kingdom; United States of America; Vietnam |
| People | Brezhnev, Leonid; Cromer, 3rd Earl of; Greenhill, Sir Denis; Shultz, George |
| Topics | Agriculture; Aid; Arms; Balance of Payments; British Embassy; Burden sharing; Committee of Twenty; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Common Market; Conference on European Security (CES); Congress; Council of Europe; Defence; Department of State; Detente; Draft; East-West relations; Economy; EDIP (NATO Defence Programme); Energy; Environment; European integration; European Security; foreign policy; Free trade; Group of Ten; Isolationism; Japanese; Ministry of Defence; Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR); Nixon Doctrine; North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO); Oil; Ostpolitik; Payments; Pentagon; Protectionism; Protectionist; Race; State Department; State of the Union Message; Tariffs; Taxes; The Nine; Trade; Trade Bill; Trade policy; Trade unions; Treasury; troops; White House; withdrawal; Year of Europe |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
