WASHINGTON (UPI) —!
President Nixon and_ Soviet
leader Leonid 1. Brezhnev
pledged today to avoid military.
confrontations and threats of
force that might lead to nuclear |
war between their two nations. |

In a policy declaration, the.
leaders of the two nuclear
superpowers agreed to ‘‘im-
mediately enter into” urgent
consultations with each other”
should the risk of a nuclear
conflict arise.

Nixon and Brezhnev signed
the agreement —- the eighth
since the start of their summit
talks —in a ceremony in the
East Room of the White House
a few hours before _ their.
scheduled departure aboard the
presidential jetliner for San
Clemente, Calif., for the conclu: |
sion of their week-long con-

ference. |
 In the agreement, the two
leaders promised that the
United States and the Soviet
Union “will act in such a
manner as to. prevent the
development of situations capa-
ble of causing a dangerous
exacerbation of their relations,
as to avoid military confronta-
tions, and to exclude the
outbreak of nuclear war be-
tween them and between either
of the parties and _ other
countries.”

The accord also calls for the
signatories to proceed from the
premise that each will refrain
“from the threat or use of force
against the other party, against
the allies of the other party,
and against other countries, in
circumstances which may en
danger international peace anc
security.”

 
 In advance of the signing,
Nixon briefed congressional
leaders of both parties on the
declaration, which is a. state-
ment of policy—not a treaty—
and therefore does not require
‘Senate ratification.
| Presidential advisor Henry A.
‘Kissinger said the intent of the
doctrine was “to prevent the
outbreak of nuclear war.”
The decision of the two
leaders to hold a third summit
conference in aS many years
was announced at a_ lavish
banquet at the Soviet Embassy.
In a jovial atmosphere, Nixon
and Brezhnev dined and (oasted
each other after signing pacts
earlier in the day to. speed
nuclear arms negotiations and
cooperate in research on
peaceful uses of nuclear ener:
(gv.
 Before they boarded _ the
“Sort of i fer «a leu
aiternoon flight to the Westerr
White House, Brezhnev ar

ranged to meet with 4
American businessmen to sel
them en expanded trade wit!
Russia.

Raising their glasses in a ret
and gold trimmed banque
room Thursday night, Nixo
and Brezhnev pledged a con
tinued effort to expand Soviet
American friendship.

* . . The Soviet Union's lin
at improving relations with thi
United States is not som
temporary phenomenon,” th
stocky Brezhnev said. “It is ;
firm and consistent line reflect
ing the permanent principles o
Soviet foreign policy .. . It is «
line that rests on the ful
‘support of our people.”
 | Nixon replied he hoped the
third summit meeting could be
held next June. He indicated he
wished the meetings to become
) annual affairs.
| “These summit meetings
have brought us closer’ to
| gether, have brought greater
| understanding of our differ.
.ences and greater determina-
iHon te reduce. those
. dilferences.’’ Nixon said.
Brezhnev will be a guest at
» Nixon's home in San Clemente,
»La Casa Pacifica. from this
-evening until Sunday morning
»when he flies back to Washing.
ton. He will opretape a
-television address which will be
‘broadcast to the American
. people Sunday evening.
| Brezhnev leaves the United
States M\iondayv for Paris.
 
other summit talk in the So
viet Union next year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The
United States and the Soviet
Union Thursday signed an
agreement of principles de
signed to permanently limit nu-
clear weapons by the end of
1974.

President Nixon and Commu-
nist leader Leonid I. Brezhnev
signed for their nations at the
White House. The agreement,
the outstanding accom-
plishment of their summit
talks, was cemented at the
President’s Camp David retreat
in the Maryland mountains.

The two nations agreed as a
matter of principle that efforts
by one or the other to obtain a
nuclear advantage would be in-
consistent with the goal of
strengthening peaceful _rela-
 The agreement is designed to
spur negotiators for both coun-
tries at now-recessed talks in
Geneva. Significantly, the arms
limitation envisioned by the end
of next year would include not
only numbers but the quality of
the missiles themselves.

Nixon and Brezhnev also
agreed that limitation on
strategic offensive arms must
be subject to ‘‘adequate veri-
fication."’ Both nations would
be permitted to modernize and
replace weapons only under
conditions to be agreed upon at
Geneva.

At the same time, Nixon and
Brezhnev signed a 10-year pact
to expand cooperation between
the two countries on peaceful
uses of atomic energy. It suc-
ceeds a_ series of two-year
agreements.

The major points of the com-
pact include: (1) controlling
thermonuclear fusion; (2) re
search on “fast breeder’ reac-
tors which create more fuel
 than they consume; (3) re
search on the _ fundamental
properties of physical matter.
A similar arms _ under-
standing between Nixon and
Brezhnev in 1971 produced
an initial but limited nuclear
weapons acreaamant
 