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==General Secretary==
==General Secretary==
Brezhnev initially continued Khruschev's policy of peaceful co-existence and joined with U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in [[detente]] while continuing active support for armed [[national liberation movement]]s around the world. At the start of the detente agreement, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to allow each other to address the other's people on a nationally televised broadcast.<ref>https://youtu.be/FeYhd6uNMpo?t=2385</ref>
Brezhnev initially continued Khruschev's policy of peaceful co-existence and joined with U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in [[detente]] while continuing active support for armed [[national liberation movement]]s around the world. At the start of the detente agreement, Nixon and Brezhnev agreed to allow each other to address the other's people on a nationally televised broadcast.<ref>https://youtu.be/FeYhd6uNMpo?t=2386</ref>
In 1980 the Soviet [[Politburo]] presided over by Brezhnev initiated the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in an effort to create a Soviet Socialist Republic of Afghanistan along [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state.
In 1980 the Soviet [[Politburo]] presided over by Brezhnev initiated the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in an effort to create a Soviet Socialist Republic of Afghanistan along [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state.