Translation of Vneshniaia politika SSSR.

Includes bibliographical references.

ch.1. The present epoch and Soviet foreign policy. Basic orientations of Soviet foreign policy -- The 24th Congress of the CPSU on the international situation and the aims of Soviet foreign policy -- ch. 2. Friendship and co-operation between the USSR and other socialist countries. International relations of a new type -- Co-operation between the USSR and the European socialist countries -- The Soviet Union and the socialist states of Asia : Soviet-Cuban relations -- The Soviet Union and the collective organisations of socialist countries -- ch. 3. The Soviet Union and the developing states. Basic features of the USSR's relations with Asian, African and Latin American countries -- Soviet relations with countries of South and Southeast Asia -- Soviet co-operation with Middle Eastern states -- The Soviet Union and the African countries -- The Soviet Union and Latin American countries -- ch. 4. The Soviet Union and the industrial capitalist countries. Soviet-US relations -- Franco- Soviet relations -- Soviet-British relations -- Relations between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany -- Soviet-Italian relations -- Soviet-Japanese relations -- The Soviet Union's relations with other capitalist countries -- ch. 5. The Soviet Union's struggle for peace and security in Europe. The struggle of the USSR and other socialist countries against the revival of militarism, revanchism and neonazism in the FRG, for a German peace settlement -- The pressing task of ensuring collective security in Europe -- ch. 6. The Soviet Union's struggle against imperialist aggression in Asia and the Middle East. The USSR in the struggle for durable peace in the Far East -- The struggle of the USSR against the imperialist aggression in Indochina -- The Soviet Union's efforts to extinguish the hotbed of war in the Middle East -- ch. 7. The Soviet Union's efforts to achieve disarmament and strengthen the UN as an instrument of peace. Soviet proposals for disarmament in the 1950s -- The USSR's efforts in the United Nations to achieve international detente, disarmament and co-operation in the 1960s-1970s.