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The SALT treaties had nothing to do with salt
SALT stood for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. Talks began in Helsinki in November 1969; SALT I was signed on 26 May 1972. SALT II was signed in Vienna in 1979, but the U.S. Senate never ratified it.
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- Wikipedia. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks