Nixon and Brezhnev reached an agreement on nuclear issues. They agreed to put limits on nuclear defense and also to reduce it.
SALT
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
There were two different leaders during that time. Nikita Khruschev was leader when Nixon became president in 1969. He died in 1971 and was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev, who was there for the rest of Nixon's term.
Yes, Leonid Brezhnev was chosen as Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 1972, along with Richard Nixon, for their efforts to improve US-Soviet relations.
reduce the two nations' stockpiles of nuclear weapons
Leonid Brezhnev signed SALT I with Richard Nixon in 1972.
Nikita Kruschev visited the United States in 1959 as part of the series of meetings beteween him and Richard Nixon called the "Kitchen Debates"
Brezhnec feared that a US alliance with China would isolate the Soviet Union.
reduce the two nations' stockpiles of nuclear weapons