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> Increase cooperation in developing the peaceful uses of atomic energy, especially control of thermonuclear fusion and design of fast-breeder reactors.
> Exchange information on agriculture, particularly Soviet crop estimates that will enable U.S. and other Western farmers to plant in advance to meet likely Soviet demands.
> Swap technology on transportation. Some obvious topics: Soviet experience in cold-weather railroad operation and new underground mass transit systems; U.S. expertise in highway engineering and cargo containerization.
> Expand cooperative research in oceanography, including study of ocean currents and marine biology.
> End the double taxation of private citizens and companies of one country residing or operating in the other. For example, U.S. citizens in Russia now pay a flat 15% Soviet income tax.
> Continue cultural exchanges for another six years. This agreement dismayed some Americans because it freezes exchanges at present low levels.
> Create a Soviet-U.S. Chamber of Commerce to promote contacts between U.S. businessmen and Russian trade officials.
> Expand facilities to allow for Soviet and American embassy commercial counselors in Moscow and Washington, as well as grant permanent representation in Moscow to ten U.S. business firms and banks.
> Extend the routes of Aeroflot, the Soviet airline, beyond New York to Washington, and give the U.S. a run to Leningrad.
Verbally, the two leaders also agreed to continue their summitry. Nixon accepted Brezhnev's invitation to come to Moscow next year—perhaps in time to sign a SALT II agreement—and the Soviet leader said that he would like to return to Washington in 1975.
Brezhnev's thorniest selling problem turned on his desire for most-favored-nation status for Russia. That status was part of the Soviet-American trade treaty signed last October and would mean tariff cuts of 50% or more on Soviet imports into the U.S. But 77 Senators and 284 Representatives have backed legislation to deny M.F.N. to any nation that limits free emigration. Their chief concern is the plight of Soviet Jews who want to leave Russia.
Brezhnev met the problem head on. In an extraordinary gesture, he invited 25 leading Senators and Representatives to a luncheon at Blair House, his guest quarters in Washington. The meal was prepared by a Soviet chef, and over caviar, roast beef and five varieties of Russian wines and liqueurs, he tried to convince American Congressmen that nearly every Jew who had applied had been allowed to leave. Although Soviet emigration policy has eased markedly under pressure from the U.S., some of the Congressmen feared that the liberalization might end if M.F.N. were granted. Asked about this, Brezhnev declared: "We came here to consolidate good things, not to quarrel. We can stay at home and quarrel. I cannot understand why these things should impair good relations between us." The legislators were by no means entirely persuaded, and there was no immediate sign that they were willing to compromise on the issue.