The White House confirmed today that arrangements were underway in connection with the invitations extended to Soviet leaders by President Nixon at last May’s Moscow summit conference to visit the US. The leaders invited were President Nikolai V. Podgorny, Premier Aleksei N. Kosygin and Communist Party Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev. The Washington Star said tonight that Brezhnev would visit the US next year and that the date of his visit and itinerary would be announced by the White House after the elections.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
