Which of the following best describes the connection between the United States, China, and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) agreement?

Nixon’s opening to China improved the United States’ position in its negotiations with the Soviet Union. He used this diplomatic leverage as part of détente, leading to SALT I, which Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed in 1972. Thus, the agreement was negotiated with the Soviet Union, not China.

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