NIXON RICHARD: (1913-1994) American President 1969-74. An excellent and very attractive colour signed 18 x 12 cardboard photograph, `Richard Nixon´, the image correspond to the signing ratification of the SALT I summit (Strategic Arms Limitations Talks) between the United States and the Soviet Union, on 3rd October 1972. The signing ratification took place in the White House, East Room, the image showing President Nixon alongside Soviet Minister Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin, Secretary of State William P. Rogers and U.S. SALT negotiator Gerard C. Smith, all seated, applauding as well as the assistants to the signing event. Signed in bold black ink to the lower white mate. Beneath the photograph, in gilt printed letters and alongside President Nixon´s signature, an inscription states ''To Ambassador Dobrynin, With great appreciation for your personal contribution to better relations between our two countries'' Small overall staining to the mate, otherwise VG Anatoly Fiodorovich Dobrynin (1919-2010) Russian Statesman and Diplomat. Soviet Ambassador to the United States for more than twenty years, 1962-86. Dobrynin was involved at the beginning of his ambassadorship in the Cuban Missile Crisis, denying the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Andrei Gromyko (1909-1989) Soviet Politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for close to thirty years 1957-85. Gerard C. Smith (1914-1994) American Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. William Pierce Rogers (1913-2001) American Politician and Diplomat. Rogers served as United States Attorney General under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and as Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon. The SALT I negotiations lasted from November 1969, until May 1972 in a series of meetings with the US delegation headed by Gerard C. Smith. After a long deadlock, and further discussions the negotiations reached an end on May 26, 1972, in Moscow when Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed both the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.