His initiatives were in many ways continued in the foreign policy of the Gerald Ford administration. The war resumed as North Vietnam and South Vietnam violated the truce, and in 1975 North Vietnam captured Saigon and completed the reunification of Vietnam. subsequently withdrew its remaining soldiers in South Vietnam. The U.S., South Vietnam, and North Vietnam agreed to the Paris Peace Accords in early 1973, and the U.S. As peace negotiations continually bogged down, Nixon ordered major bombing campaigns in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. soldiers and shifting combat roles to Vietnamese troops. Nixon implemented a policy of " Vietnamization", carrying out phased withdrawals of U.S.
When Nixon took office, the United States had approximately 500,000 soldiers stationed in Southeast Asia as part of an effort to aid South Vietnam in the Vietnam War. The Nixon administration signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union and organized a conference that led to the signing of the Helsinki Accords after Nixon left office. Nixon's 1972 visit to China ushered in a new era of U.S.-China relations and effectively removed China as a Cold War foe.
He moved away from the traditional American policy of containment of communism, hoping each side would seek American favor. and to each other in the wake of the Sino-Soviet split. President Richard Nixon's policy sought on détente with both nations, which were hostile to the U.S. The US foreign policy during the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969–1974) focused on reducing the dangers of the Cold War among the Soviet Union and China.
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