Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Negotiations started in Helsinki , Finland , in 1969 between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the countries' stock of nuclear weapons . The treaties resulting from these negotiations are called SALT I and SALT II. These treaties have led to START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). START I (a 1991 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union) and START II (a 1993 agreement between the United States and Russia ) placed specific caps on each side's stock of nuclear weapons .