He wanted to persuade Moscow to abandon its ambitious space programme - especially towards the moon, which Nixon regarded as America's/his own special target.
1933
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan to visit Cuba's new leader Fidel Castro. Not long after this visit, the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Cuba.
When the Soviet Union fell apart, the Commonwealth of Independent States was created in an attempt to replace the Soviet state. It was established in 1991.
Restrain the Soviet Union through diplomatic agreements
In 1972 Anwar Sadat ordered 21,000 Soviet advisors out of Egypt. In addition to that, the Congo closed the Soviet embassy.
The emergence of a powerful Soviet Union
Kissinger
cold warNixon's visit to Moscow
5 years plan
to take over west berlin
world war 2
Diplomatic non-recognition and increased trade.