WASHINGTON (UPI) — President
Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezh-
nev, already planning another summit
meeting next year, formally pledged
today to avoid military confrontations
and threats of force that might trigger
nuclear war.

The vows were contained in a policy
declaration which also said the leaders of
the two superpowers would “immediately
enter into urgent consultations with each
other” if a nuclear conflict threatened.

Shortly before Nixon and Brezhnev
signed the agreement in the East Room
 of the White House, Treasury Secretary
George P. Shultz and Soviet Trade Minis-
ter Nikolai S. Patolichey met across
Pennsylvania Avenue in Blair House to
initial another pact intended to
strengthen commerce between the United
States and the Soviet Union. About 50
captains of American industry were
present at the signing.

The two latest accords brought to eight
the number reached since the start of the
summit talks Monday. They were signed
a few hours before Nixon and Brezhnev
were to depart aboard the President’s
 jetliner for San Clemente, Calif., where
they planned to conclude their confer-
ences over the weekend.

The decision by the two leaders to hold
a third summit meeting in as many
years was announced Thursday night at
a lavish banquet in the Soviet Embassy.

Their promises to meet again in Mos-
cow next year were accompanied by
champagne toasts. The jovial atmos-
phere reflected the signing earlier in the
day of pacts intended to accelerate
negotiations to limit and reduce offensive

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Nixon
and Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev
pledged today to avoid military con-
frontations and threats of force that might
lead to nuclear war between their two na-
tions.

In a policy declaration, the leaders of the
two nuclear superpowers agreed to ‘“imme-
diately enter into urgent consultations 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 be-
fore 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 prom-
ised that the United States and the Soviet
Union “will act in such a manner as to
prevent the development of situations ca-
pable of causing a dangerous exacerbation
of their relations, as to avoid military con-
frontations, and to exclude the outbreak of
nuclear war between them and between ei-
ther 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 endan-
ger 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 re-
quire 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 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 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.
 