June 19th, 1979 - Carter and Brezhnev Draw Up New SALT II Treaty

After the agreements set in November 1974 and the disagreements mage in Geneva early 1975, the United States and USSR finally settled on an agreement over the anti-ballistic missile limitations, which were reopened for discussion in 1972. With this new agreement, a new treaty was to be set up by 1985, which relates to the Vladivostok accords, a protocol of a three year duration discussing the status of each countries weapon supply would be put into affect, and a joint agreement to pursue future discussions on the topic was also discussed. Carter stated that the new agreements would be sent for approval by congress within the next few days.