Detente Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The establishment/resumption of friendly diplomatic relations between two countries (in this case, China and the USA).
  2. 6. The West German attempt to engage with its Eastern bloc neighbours
  3. 7. A French word meaning ‘a relaxation of tension between states’.
  4. 8. The American President that implements ‘Vietnamisation’ and withdraws US troops from Vietnam.
  5. 10. The event that is considered to signal the end of the period of detente - The Soviet invasion of _______.
  6. 12. The USA’s most strategic ally in the Middle East.
  7. 13. The leader of Russia during the period of detente.
Down
  1. 1. The location of the 1972 Summit which results in the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
  2. 2. In 1973, this war in the Middle East led to an oil embargo placed on the USA.
  3. 3. The leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
  4. 5. A series of security and cooperation agreements from 1975, aimed at reducing tension between the Soviet and Western blocs, known as the ______ Accords.
  5. 7. The theory that motivated the US to involve itself in conflicts in the Asian region in order to contain communism.
  6. 9. Signed in 1972, where the US and the USSR agreed to a limited number of ballistic missiles, as well as a limited number of missile deployment sites.
  7. 11. The _______-Soviet split