The period of détente began tentatively in 1971, gaining momentum when President Nixon visited the Soviet Communist party's secretary-general, Leonid I. Brezhnev, in Moscow in May 1972. rephrase like a 9th grader
Détente started in 1971, but it really got going when President Nixon went to visit Leonid I. Brezhnev, the Soviet Communist party's secretary-general, in Moscow in May 1972.
