U.S.-Soviet Commercial Relations: the Interplay of Economics, Technology Transfer, and Diplomacy

Study, 10th in the series "Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy," prepared by John P. Hardt and George D. Holliday of CRS for the Subcom on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments. Discusses the development of the linkage, established at the May 1972 summit meeting between President Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev, between diplomacy, economics, and technology transfer.