SALT+I+-+12-13



A brief description of the event (no more than one paragraph)

By the 1960s, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was incredibly intense. Both countries had nuclear bombs and were continuously building more and more. This competition led to fear among citizens of both countries and the world, since if a direct war were to erupt between the two, the world would have been destroyed. As the result, the United States and the Soviet Union started the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, in which they agreed to limit their number of nuclear weapons. The first meeting took place in 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. Then, series of negations and agreements took place between the two superpowers of the Cold War, stabilizing the intensity of the world.

A list of "major players" involved (nations involved, heads of states, other people of prominence) United States Soviet Union Gerald Ford ( US President) Leonid Brezhnev (USSR General Secretary)

Dates? 1969

The outcome of this event? Number of nuclear weapons that each country could hold was limited. United States and Soviet Union relationship got better.

How this event influenced the Cold War as a whole? Stopped the rapid growth of nuclear weapons, slowing down the Cold War.




 *  Department of State. "Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) | Arms Control Association." //Arms Control Association |//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. .
 * 

Martin, James. "Strategic Arms Limitation Talks." //Nuclear Threat Initiative//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. .