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see. Ladies and gentlemen the president of the Presidium Supreme Soviet Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and a general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the president of the United States of America Jimmy Carter. The ETA. Thank. You. So.
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will be the role of the president Carter and I have just affixed our signatures to the treaty on the limitation of strategic offensive arms. And related documents. This has been a very long awaited by the Soviet and American people by the peoples of other countries by all those who desire the durable peace. And realize the danger of a further build up of nuclear arsenals. And signing this treaty we are helping to defend the most sacred right of every individual the right to live. Many representatives of our two countries have worked long and hard to draft a treaty. I think it will be fair to specially mention the contributions made by Secretary Vance and minister Gromyko Secretary Brown and minister.
President Carter and I have also had to do a good deal of work to act in such a way as to prevent an outbreak of nuclear war is an obligation that the Soviet Union and the United States have jointly assumed the treaty that has been signed today reaffirms our desire to fulfill that obligation in terms of both quantitative and qualitative limitations of strategic arms. It goes far beyond the SALT 1 agreement the entry into force of this treaty opens up the possibility to begin elaborating subsequent measures to not only limit but also reduce strategic arms. By concluding the salt 2 treaty we are making a major step forward along the road of an overall improvement of Soviet American relations and consequently of the entire international climate
for the Soviet Union. This is a logical continuation of the peaceful foreign policy line. Defined by our party congresses a line that we intend to go on following the signing of the treaty has appropriately crowned the Soviet American summit meeting here in Vienna on this auspicious occasion. We express our sincere gratitude to the president the chancellor and the government of the Austrian Republic. And to the people of Austria. For the warm hospitality and cordiality.
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Series
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Program
Haves and Have-Nots
Episode Number
108
Title
Vienna Summit: Carter, Brezhnev sign Salt II
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-rj48p5vm71
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Description
Description
President Carter and General Secretary Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty. Brezhnev makes a statement is in Russian, followed by English translation. Tape ends during translation.
Date
1979-06-18
Date
1979-06-18
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
Military Forces and Armaments
Subjects
United States; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II; Soviet Union
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:Public Domain,Rights Credit:Carter Presidential Library,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:In perpetuity,Rights Holder:Carter Presidential Library
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:13:15
Credits
Guest2: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Speaker2: Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich, 1906-1982
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Citations
Chicago: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Haves and Have-Nots; 108; Vienna Summit: Carter, Brezhnev sign Salt II,” 1979-06-18, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 26, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-rj48p5vm71.
MLA: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Haves and Have-Nots; 108; Vienna Summit: Carter, Brezhnev sign Salt II.” 1979-06-18. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 26, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-rj48p5vm71>.
APA: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Haves and Have-Nots; 108; Vienna Summit: Carter, Brezhnev sign Salt II. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-rj48p5vm71