November 26th, 1972 SALT Begins

            In response to the passing of the Interim Agreement, President Nixon announced that plans for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talk that was to go under way in November 1972. The goal of SALT would be to replace the Interim Agreement with a more long-term treaty for the decrease in the number of anti-ballistic missiles in the United States and USSR. The first discussion was scheduled to take place later that month, discussing the types of weapons that would be banned or reduced along with taking into account the different weapons used by each side.