SALT II Treaty On this day, President Jimmy Carter and the Soviet Union’s Leonid Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II) Treaty in Vienna, limiting each nation’s strategic weapons.  6/18/79. More on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties here.
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SALT II Treaty

On this day, President Jimmy Carter and the Soviet Union’s Leonid Brezhnev sign the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II) Treaty in Vienna, limiting each nation’s strategic weapons.  6/18/79.

More on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties here.

Source: presidentialtimeline.org

jfklibrary: Khrushchev: “Force will be met by force. If the U.S. wants war, that’s its problem…It’s up to the U.S. to decide whether there will be war or peace.” Kennedy: “I see it is going to be a very cold winter.”-Remarks between Soviet Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy after their first meeting in Vienna, June 4, 1961 Soviet Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy meet in Vienna, June 4, 1961
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Khrushchev: “Force will be met by force. If the U.S. wants war, that’s its problem…It’s up to the U.S. to decide whether there will be war or peace.”

Kennedy: “I see it is going to be a very cold winter.”

-Remarks between Soviet Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy after their first meeting in Vienna, June 4, 1961

Soviet Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy meet in Vienna, June 4, 1961

That #@&* Khrushchev!!

The Vienna Summit between JFK and Khrushchev in comic strip form. June 3-4, 1961.

See the full interactive storyboards from history from the JFK Library

Source: jfk50.org

The Vienna Choir Boys  visit President Kennedy at the White House.  January 9, 1962. More pictures of their visit with JFK at the Kennedy Library’s digital archive.
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The Vienna Choir Boys  visit President Kennedy at the White House.  January 9, 1962.

More pictures of their visit with JFK at the Kennedy Library’s digital archive.

Source: jfklibrary.org