Policy toward the Soviet Union is the fulcrum of the Kissinger-Sonnenfeldt (i.e., official U.S.) doctrine. “That is our central problem in the years ahead. . . . Our challenge is how to live in the world with another superpower.” The doctrine recognizes and accepts: 1) the legitimacy of the Soviet government as ruler both of Russia and of the non-Russian nationalities now inside the Soviet Union; 2) the legitimacy of the Communist regimes in the East European nations; and 3) the legitimacy of Soviet hegemony over the East European nations.
The aim of the policy is to get along with the Soviet Union.
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