Richard Nixon actually said...

The USA and the USSR have a special responsibility, as do other countries which are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, to do everything in their power so that conflicts or situations will not arise which would serve to increase international tensions.

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Text of the 'Basic Principles of Relations Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist...

05/28/1972

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