A file of correspondence and reports concerning relations between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. The documents discuss press coverage of notable events and meetings between leading politicians and diplomats, including the Glassboro Summit of 1967, where the U.S. president, Lyndon B. Johnson, met the Soviet statesman Aleksei Kosygin. Other topics discussed include the resignation of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara; Soviet interest in the Detroit riots of 1967; the Pueblo incident; a collision between a Soviet ship and an American ship in the Sea of Japan; and the Soviet reaction to the Thule air crash in Greenland, which involved a U.S. jet carrying four thermonuclear weapons. The file also covers publicity accorded to U.S. Army deserters in Moscow; Soviet comments on U.S. policy in the Mediterranean region; and claims of an anti-Soviet campaign in the U.S. in opposition to the fiftieth anniversary of the October Revolution.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from Pravda © CPRF.; Content from The Washington Post © The Washington Post.; Content from Foreign Broadcast Information Service was created by the U.S. Government and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material. Content from Pravda © CPRF. Content from The Washington Post © The Washington Post. Content from Foreign Broadcast Information Service was created by the U.S. Government and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material.
- Countries
- Greenland North Korea United States of America Vietnam
- Department Reference
- NS3/9 PART B
- Document Type
- Correspondence Parliamentary and Official Government Material Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/357
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.000357
- Key Events
- Summit between Lyndon B. Johnson and Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: BBC Monitoring, February 1968, SU/2709/A1/1-2; BBC Monitoring, 28 February 1968, B-52 Bomber Accidents: danger to Latin America; BBC Monitoring, 28 February 1968, Preparations for Suppression of Negro Disturbances in the USA; BBC Monitoring, 29 February 1968, Clark Clifford's Appointment: Representative of Military-Industrial Complex; Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta, 1967, What Price "Charity"; International Herald Tribune, 07 August 1967, Travel Restrictions Eased for Soviet Diplomats in U.S.; International Herald Tribune, 10 July 1967, Russia Assured U.S. on COnsular Pact at Glassboro; Komsomolskaya Pravda, 22 July 1967, In Mortal Fear; The New York Times, 22 November 1967, Foy D. Kohler; The New York Times, 22 November 1967, U.S. Berates Soviet Over 'Exploiting' of Deserters.
- Pages
- 147
- Persons Discussed
- Leonid Brezhnev Anatolii Dobrynin Andrei Gromyko Lyndon B. Johnson Hewlett Johnson Petr Koshevoi Robert McNamara Dean Rusk
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations
