Abstract
In January 1975, the U.S. Senate made specific Soviet concessions on emigration a condition of acceptance for the U.S. — Soviet Trade Bill. As a consequence, the Soviet government abandoned the Trade Agreement of 1972, and détente started to slip away. There was no clean break, however, or immediate dramatic shift in policy.
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Dukes, P. (1998). Stagnation and Tension, 1975–1985. In: A History of Russia. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26080-5_17
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