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Now Available: FRUS, 1981–1988, Volume III, Soviet Union, January 1981–January 1983
This is the first of four Soviet bilateral volumes in the Reagan subseries. This volume commences with Ronald Reagan’s election on November 4, 1980, and concludes with his approval of NSDD 75, “U.S. Relations With the USSR,” on January 17, 1983.
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Now Available: Nineteen Newly Digitized Foreign Relations Volumes
This release is part of the Office’s ongoing project, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, to digitize the entire Foreign Relations series. These volumes cover events that took place between 1943 and 1948 and were originally published in print between 1957 and 1973.
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Now Available: FRUS, 1981–1988, Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981–1984
This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the FRUS series that documents the foreign policy decision making of the administration of President Reagan. This volume addresses the response to the crisis and 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the South Atlantic island territories of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).
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Now Available: FRUS, 1969–1976, Volume E–11, Part 2, Documents on South America, 1973–1976
This volume is part of a Foreign Relations subseries that documents the most important issues in the foreign policy of Presidents Nixon and Ford. The eight compilations herein illustrate the formulation of new U.S. policy toward Latin America.
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Now Available: Eighteen Newly Digitized Foreign Relations Volumes
This release is part of the Office’s ongoing project, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, to digitize the entire Foreign Relations series. These volumes cover events that took place between 1945 and 1976.
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New Publication: FRUS, 1977–1980, Volume XX, Eastern Europe
This volume documents the Carter administration’s efforts to transform the long-standing U.S. policy of differentiation between the Communist nations of Eastern Europe.
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New Publication: FRUS, 1977–1980, Volume XXVI, Arms Control and Nonproliferation
This volume documents the Carter administration’s multilateral, non-strategic arms control policy from 1977 until 1980.
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New Publication: FRUS, 1969–1976, Volume E–16, Documents on Chile, 1969–1973
This volume documents U.S. policy toward Chile from January 1969 to September 24, 1973, when the administration announced diplomatic recognition to the military junta under General Augusto Pinochet.
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New Publication: Volume E-14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973–1976
This volume documents the Nixon and Ford administrations’ primarily multilateral arms control policy between 1973 and 1976.
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New Publication: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXII, Panama, 1973–1976
The volume documents the Panama Canal treaty negotiations from January 1973 until December of 1976, focusing on Ellsworth Bunker’s efforts to create a series of threshold agreements with the Panamanians based loosely on the Kissinger-Tack Principles of 1974.
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Milestones
Prague 1968
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Education
A Journey Shared
For teachers: A curriculum guide exploring 200 years of U.S.-China relations.
