WASHINGTON (AP) — The
United States and the Soviet
Union Thursday signed an
agreement in principle to lim-
it and possibly reduce their
stockpiles of offensive nuclear
weapons by the end of 1974.

President Nixon and Soviet
Communist leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev raised their cham-
pagne glasses in toasts to suc-
cess at the ceremony in the
White House East Room.

The agreement, the out-
standing accomplishment of
their week-long summit was
forged by Nixon and Brézh-
nev earlier at Camp David,
the presidential retreat in the
mountains of Maryland. It is
designed to spur negotiators
for the two countries at the
recessed strategic arms limi-
tation talks (SALT) in Gen-
eva.

For the first time, the two
nations committed themselves
in principle to actual reduc-
 tions of their nuclear weapon-
ry as well as to permanent
limitations. Also significantly,
the United States evidently is
bowing to Soviet objections to
On-site inspections.

One of the seven stated
principles provides that ‘‘na-
tional technical means’ be
the system of verifying
whether Washington and Mos-
 cow were living up to a mis-
sile limitation.

Surveillance of multiple in-
dependently targeted  war-
heads MIRVS evidently would
be restricted mostly to obser-
vation by radar and spy sat-
ellite while in flight tests.

Henry A. Kissinger, the
President’s national security
adviser, briefing newsmen,
 said that “those MIRV agree-
ments that are not verifiable
by national technical means
would be difficult to recon-
cile”’ with the objective of re-
stricting complex nuclear of-
fensive weapons.

The two nations agreed in
another provision that efforts

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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 conclu-
sion of their week-long con-
ference.

In the agreement, the iia
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 and
security.”
Briefs Leaders

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

A 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 toasted
each other after signing pacts
;earlier in the day to speed
‘nuclear arms negotiations and
‘cooperate in research on
peaceful uses of nuclear ener-
gy.

| Before they boarded _ the
‘Spirit of 76” for a late
afternoon flight to the Western
White House, Brezhnev _§ar-
ranged to meet with 4
‘American businessmen to sell
‘them on expanded trade with
Russia.

_ Raising their glasses in a red
and gold trimmed _ banquet
‘rocm ‘Thursday night, Nixon
and Brezhnev pledged a con-

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