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State Trips Abroad - Soviet Union

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President Ford dons a Russian wool cap upon his arrival in Soviet Union, shown here with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev at Vozdvizhenka Airport, Vladivostok, USSR.  November 23, 1974
Image: A2102-06

Description: President Ford dons a Russian wool cap upon his arrival in Soviet Union, shown here with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev at Vozdvizhenka Airport, Vladivostok, USSR.  November 23, 1974.

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The American official party and the Soviet welcoming committee traveled by train from Vozdvizhenka Airport to the site of the summit, Okeansky Sanatorium, near Vladivostok.

Image: A2107-36A

Description: The American official party and the Soviet welcoming committee traveled by train from Vozdvizhenka Airport to the site of the summit, Okeansky Sanatorium, near Vladivostok. November 23, 1974.

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President Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and other United States representatives meet with General Secretary Brezhnev, Foreign Secretary Gromyko, Ambassador Dobrynin, and others aboard a Russian train headed for Vladivostok, USSR.   November 23, 1974.  Image: A2107-29A

Description: President Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and other U.S. representatives meet with General Secretary Brezhnev, Foreign Secretary Gromyko, Ambassador Dobrynin, and others aboard a Russian train headed for Vladivostok, USSR.   November 23, 1974. 

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President Ford and Henry Kissinger walk to the summit meeting room at Okeansky Sanatorium.
Image: A2147-27

Description: President Ford and Henry Kissinger walk to the summit meeting room at Okeansky Sanatorium.  November 24, 1974.

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President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger confer on the train ride to Vladivostok.  Image: A2093-03

Description: President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger confer on the train ride to Vladivostok. November 23, 1974.

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The first meeting with General Secretary Brezhnev in the conference hall at Okeansky Sanatorium, Vladivostok, USSR.

Image: A2093-12

Description: The first meeting with General Secretary Brezhnev in the conference hall at Okeansky Sanatorium, Vladivostok, USSR. November 23, 1974.

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The American and Soviet delegations take a break for refreshments during a long nighttime meeting.  Image: A2093-19

Description: The American and Soviet delegations take a break for refreshments during a long nighttime meeting.  November 23, 1974.

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President Ford and his aides discuss negotiating strategy outdoors, in  20 degree weather, for fear of being electronically monitored by their Russian hosts.  November 23, 1974.
Image: A2093-24

Description: President Ford and his aides discuss negotiating strategy outdoors, in ‑20 degree weather, for fear of being electronically monitored by their Russian hosts.  November 23, 1974.

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President Ford examines a wood portrait of himself given by Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.  Okeansky Sanatorium.  Image: A2090-19

Description: President Ford examines a wood portrait of himself given by Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.  Okeansky Sanatorium.  November 23, 1974.

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A fruitful late night meeting on November 23 extended into the early hours of November 24.  Image: A2093-28

Description: A fruitful late night meeting on November 23 extended into the early hours of November 24. 

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A meeting on the second day of the summit was attended by [l-r] interpreter Mr. Akalovsky,  Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, President Ford, Ambassador Walter Stoessel, Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, Foreign Secretary Andrei Gromoyko, Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and his personal interpreter Victor Sukhrodev. Image: A2147-33

Description: A meeting on the second day of the summit. November 24, 1974.

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Signing the joint communique on the limitation of strategic offensive arms in the conference hall of Okeansky Sanatorium, Vladivostok, USSR. Image: A2092-03A

Description: Following their bilateral talks, President Ford and Soviet General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev sign a joint communique on the limitation of strategic offensive arms in the conference hall of the Okeansky Sanatorium, Vladivostok, USSR.  November 24, 1974.

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The two world leaders depart Okeansky Sanatorium after signing the Joint Communique on the limitation of strategic offensive arms.  Image: A2092-11A

Description: The two world leaders depart Okeansky Sanatorium after signing the joint communique on the limitation of strategic offensive arms. November 24, 1974.

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President Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev tour Vladivostok by motorcade. Image: A2092-13

Description: President Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev tour Vladivostok by motorcade. November 24, 1974.

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President Ford and his staff dine on a Soviet train enroute to Vozdvizhenka Airport, near Vladivostok, USSR. November 24, 1974. 
Image: A2101-09

Description: President Ford and his staff dine on a Soviet train enroute to Vozdvizhenka Airport, near Vladivostok, USSR.  November 24, 1974. 

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Just moments after this photo was taken, President Ford informally concluded the Vladivostok summit by giving his wolfskin coat to Secretary Brezhnev on the tarmac at Vozdvizhenka  Airport.
Image: A2097-26

Description: Just moments after this photo was taken, President Ford informally concluded the Vladivostok summit by giving his wolfskin coat to Secretary Brezhnev on the tarmac at Vozdvizhenka  Airport.  November 24, 1974.

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