SALT I Interim Agreement

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Cold War treaty United States–Soviet Union agreement arms control agreement bilateral treaty

The SALT I Interim Agreement was a 1972 U.S.–Soviet arms control accord that placed temporary limits on strategic ballistic missile launchers during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
SALT I Interim Agreement canonical	5
Interim Agreement	1
SALT I (Interim Agreement, 1972)	1
SALT I agreement	1
SALT I negotiations	1
SALT negotiations	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T449479 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SALT I Interim Agreement
Context triple: [SALT II, predecessorAgreement, SALT I Interim Agreement]

A. Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords were a landmark series of agreements in the 1990s between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization that established a framework for Palestinian self-governance and aimed to lay the groundwork for a negotiated two-state solution.
B. Sinai II disengagement agreement
The Sinai II disengagement agreement was a 1975 accord between Egypt and Israel, brokered by the United States, that further separated their forces in the Sinai Peninsula and advanced the post–Yom Kippur War peace process.
C. Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were a landmark 1978 peace framework brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter that led to a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and reshaped Middle Eastern diplomacy.
D. Israel–Jordan peace treaty
The Israel–Jordan peace treaty is a 1994 agreement that formally ended the state of war between Israel and Jordan, established mutual recognition, and normalized diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries.
E. Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty is the landmark 1979 agreement that ended the state of war between Egypt and Israel, leading to Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula and establishing a framework for normalized relations between the two countries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SALT I Interim Agreement
Target entity description: The SALT I Interim Agreement was a 1972 U.S.–Soviet arms control accord that placed temporary limits on strategic ballistic missile launchers during the Cold War.

A. Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords were a landmark series of agreements in the 1990s between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization that established a framework for Palestinian self-governance and aimed to lay the groundwork for a negotiated two-state solution.
B. Sinai II disengagement agreement
The Sinai II disengagement agreement was a 1975 accord between Egypt and Israel, brokered by the United States, that further separated their forces in the Sinai Peninsula and advanced the post–Yom Kippur War peace process.
C. Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were a landmark 1978 peace framework brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter that led to a historic peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and reshaped Middle Eastern diplomacy.
D. Israel–Jordan peace treaty
The Israel–Jordan peace treaty is a 1994 agreement that formally ended the state of war between Israel and Jordan, established mutual recognition, and normalized diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries.
E. Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
The Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty is the landmark 1979 agreement that ended the state of war between Egypt and Israel, leading to Israel’s withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula and establishing a framework for normalized relations between the two countries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War treaty ⓘ United States–Soviet Union agreement ⓘ arms control agreement ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ
aimsTo	limit strategic arms competition ⓘ stabilize the strategic balance ⓘ
allows	replacement of older ICBM launchers with SLBM launchers under certain conditions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Interim Agreement on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms ⓘ linked to: Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms
appliesTo	land-based ICBM launchers ⓘ submarine-based ballistic missile launchers ⓘ
category	1972 in international relations ⓘ Nuclear weapons policy of the Soviet Union ⓘ Nuclear weapons policy of the United States ⓘ linked to: Nuclear Posture Review
countrySignatory	Soviet Union ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
doesNotLimit	strategic bombers ⓘ warhead numbers on missiles ⓘ
duration	5 years ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1972-10-03 ⓘ
expirationDate	1977-10-03 ⓘ
geopoliticalBloc	Eastern Bloc ⓘ Western Bloc ⓘ linked to: NATO
hasTopic	nuclear weapons ⓘ strategic nuclear forces ⓘ
historicalContext	détente ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalStatus	treaty under international law ⓘ
limits	intercontinental ballistic missile launchers ⓘ submarine-launched ballistic missile launchers ⓘ
negotiatedDuring	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks I ⓘ linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
negotiatingParty	Soviet delegation ⓘ United States delegation ⓘ
partOf	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ⓘ linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
precedes	SALT II ⓘ
prohibits	new fixed land-based ICBM launcher construction beyond agreed levels ⓘ
relatedTo	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ
signedBy	Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ
signedInCity	Moscow ⓘ
signedOn	1972-05-26 ⓘ
signedTogetherWith	Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ⓘ
signedUnderLeaderOf	Soviet leadership of Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ United States presidential administration of Richard Nixon ⓘ linked to: Nixon administration
subject	strategic ballistic missile launchers ⓘ strategic offensive arms ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SALT II → predecessorAgreement → SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks → relatedAgreement → SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ

subject linked to: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Soviet delegation → relatedTo → SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → alsoKnownAs → SALT I Interim Agreement ⓘ

Interim Agreement on Offensive Arms → shortName → Interim Agreement ⓘ