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SALT II Treaty Signed

United States of America · Government / Nuclear Arms Control. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1979

James Earl Carter18 June 1979

Vienna · Government / Nuclear Arms Control

Signs the SALT II agreement with Leonid Brezhnev to place broader limits on strategic offensive nuclear forces.

Names involved

James Earl Carter

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