WASHINGTON (UPI) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
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 conclusion of their week-long
conference.

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
capable of causing a dangerous exacer-
bation of their relations, as to avoid
military confrontations, and to exclude the
outbreak of nuclear war between 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 nartv and againct ather
 countries, in circumstances which may
endanger international peace and
security.”

In advance of the signing, Nixon briefed
congressional leaders of both parties on
the declaration, which is a statement of
policy —not a treaty — and therefore does
not require Senate ratification.

Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger
said the intent of the doctrine was ‘to
prevent the outbreak of nuclear war.”

Kissinger said steps toward the
agreement began at the end of the Moscow
summit meeting between Nixon and
Brezhnev in May, 1972. Kissinger said the
accord ‘“‘can be a significant landmark in
relations between the two great nuclear
powers.”

The accord, effective immediately, is of
unlimited duration and both parties said
nothing in it would affect or impair the
right of individual or collective self-
defense under the U.N. Charter or
separate treaty obligations, such as those
the United States has as a member of
NATO.

Kissinger said the declaration is a
“formal obligation’’ on the part of the
United States and the Soviet Union ‘‘to
practice restraint in diplomacy and to
build a peace that is permanent.”

Asked how the agreement might relate
to current American bombing in Cam-
bodia, Kissinger said only that such
military operations were in progress when
the agreement was negotiated.

But he conceded the use of force in such
circumstances could threaten ‘‘the letter
and spirit of this agreement.’’ Kissinger
said United States had consulted with
several allies before concluding the ac-
cord.

The signing of the agreement was the
major action of the morning for the two
leaders.

Raising their glasses in a red and gold
trimmed banquet room Thursday night,
Nixon and Brezhnev pledged a continued
effort to expand Soviet-American friend-
ship.
 ‘*_.. The Soviet Union’s line at improving
relations with the United States is not
some temporary phenomenon,’’ the stocky
Brezhnev said. ‘‘It is a firm and consistent
line reflecting the permanent principles of
Soviet foreign policy ... It is a line that
rests on the full support of our people.”

Nixon replied he hoped the third summit
meeting could be held next June. He in-
dicated he wished the meetings to become
annual affairs.

“These summit meetings have brought
us closer together, have brought greater
understanding of our differences and
greater determination to r e d uc e those
differences,’’ Nixon said.

The leaders of the world’s two super-
powers opened their summit meeting
Monday in Washington. They negotiated in
the tranquility of the presidential retreat
at Camp David, Md., Wednesday and
Thursday before returning to Washington.

Brezhnev wil! be a guest at Nixon’s
home in San Clemente, La Casa Pacifica,
from this evening until Sunday morning
when he flies back to Washington. He will
pre-tape a television address which will be
broadcast to the American people Sunday
evening.

Brezhnev leaves the United States
Monday for Paris.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I.
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
“immediately enter into urgent con-
sultations with each other” should the
risk of a nuclear conflict arise.

Nixon and Brezhnev signed the agree-
ment —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 conclusion of
their week-long conference.

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 capable of causing a dangerous
exacerbation of their relations, as to avoid
military confrontations, and to exclude
the outbreak of nuclear war between 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 coun-
tries, in circumstances which may en-
danger international peace and security.”

In advance of the signing, Nixon briefed
congressional leaders of both parties on
the declaration, which is a statement of
policy —not a treaty — and therefore does
not require Senate ratification.

Presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger
said the intent of the doctrine was “‘to pre-
vent 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 at-
mosphere, Nixon and Brezhnev dined and
toasted each other after signing pacts
earlier in the day to speed nuclear arms
negotiations and cooperate in research on
peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Before they boarded the “Spirit of 76”
for a late afternoon flight to the Western
White House, Brezhnev arranged to meet
 with 40 American businessmen to sell
them on expanded trade with Russia.

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 Washington. He will
pre-tape a television address which will be
iroadcast to the American people Sunday
evening.

Brezhnev leaves the United States
Monday for Paris.

An agreement to accelerate the
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
in Geneva was the high point of the sum-
mit so far. Nixon and Brezhnev signed a
statement of seven principles that will
lead negotiators toward the goal of con-
cluding a permanent offensive nuclear
arms control agreement by the. end of
1974.
 