Richard Milhous Nixon22 May 1972
Brezhnev & Nixon sign the Basic Principles of Relations. Becomes the 1st US President to visit Russia
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Brezhnev & Nixon sign the Basic Principles of Relations. Becomes the 1st US President to visit Russia
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