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Signing of the Helsinki Final Act

East meets West: US President Gerald Ford and USSR General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev (with translator Viktor Sukhodrev at his ear) at Helsinki 1975. Flanking them are Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (l) and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko (r).

© Gerald R. Ford Library | Photo details

Black-and-white photograph showing the Foreign Ministers of the CSCE participating States, gathered for the first Helsinki meeting in 1973. The group is posed on a set of steps, with several rows of individuals dressed in formal suits and ties. In the background, other attendees and onlookers are visible, adding depth to the setting.

The Helsinki Final Act negotiators, the Foreign Ministers of the CSCE participating States, at the first Helsinki meeting in 1973.

© Bundesarchiv | Photo details

Black-and-white photograph of Leonid Brezhnev, General-Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, signing the Final Act at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Helsinki, 1 August 1975. Brezhnev is focused on signing the document, with Turkey's Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel seated to his left, observing. A nameplate reading 'U.R.S.S.' is visible in the foreground, along with microphones and a folder.

Leonid Brezhnev, General-Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR, signing the Final Act, with Turkey's Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel to the left, Helsinki, 1 August 1975.

© AKG Photo Berlin | Photo details

L-r: Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Erich Honecker, First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Gerald Ford President of the United States, Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria, Helsinki, 1 August 1975.

© Bundesarchiv/Horst Sturm | Photo details

Erich Honecker (l) of the German Democratic Republic and Helmut Schmidt of the Federal Republic of Germany at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki in 1975.

© Bundesarchiv | Photo details

Date:: 1 August 1975
Source:: Summits / Ministerial Councils

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