the commander of the sixth army, general friedrich paullus, wanted to withdraw the troops, but hitler defeat. in 1955 , a monument was erected at the junction of the fronts. on november 23 , 1974, a summit of the leaders of the two leading world powers of that time began in the far east. the head of the ussr leonid brezhniev received us president gerald ford. met to strengthen the policy of détente international tension. everyone understood that the arms race had gone too far, only the ussr and the usa could stop it. the us leader, with dozens of accompanying people and journalists, arrived in vladivostok, the city-base of the pacific fleet, with defense enterprises closed. common for foreigners. this was a sign of the ussr’s policy of openness and trust in its partner. brezhnev and faure agreed to sign a document limiting each other in the number of launchers for land- and sea- based ballistic missiles according to strategic bombers. 5 years after the meeting , the agreement was nevertheless signed with president carter, but the united states never ratified it. on november 1763, cath