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
ktoom of the White House a few hours before
iheir scheduled departure aboard the
presidential jetliner for San Clemente, Calif.,
for the conclusion of their week-long con-
ference.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Nixon and _ Sovie
leader Leonid I.  Brezhney
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

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