d id. 75. "Hot-line" agreement,s and agreements on the prevention of the outbreak of accidential nuclear r{ar were concluded between France and the Soviet Union in 1975 and between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdon in 1972. 76. The Soviet Union and the United States began a nelr round of talks on intermediater/medium-range nuclear forces in November 1981 and on st,rategic nuclear-weapon systems in June 1982. Such negotiations, also known as INF and START talks' nere suspended late in 1983. Subsequently, in March 1985, bilateral negotiations bet$teen the Soviet Union and t.he United States began at Geneva on nuclear and space arms. As reflected in the joint. communiqu6 agreed upon early in 1985 following a meet,ing at Geneva between the Secretary of State of the Unit,edStates, G. Shultz, and the ltinister for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union,A. Gromyko, the subject of the negotiations is a complex of questions concerning space and nuclear arms - both strategic and intermediate-range - with a1l t,heseguestions considered and resolved in their interrelationship. The objective of the negoliations is to work out effective agreements aimed at preventing an arms race in space and terminating it on earth, at liniting and reducing nuclear arns and atstrengthening st,rategic stability. 77. Efforts for the prevenEion of nuclear !{ar have also been pursued at the regional level. Thus' intiatives have been taken for the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones in various parts of the world. The 1967 Treaty for theProhibition of Nuclear Weapons in LaEin America, establishes the only exisEing
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations, specifically the agreements and negotiations between countries regarding nuclear arms and the prevention of nuclear war. The text mentions specific treaties and agreements, such as the "Hot-line" agreement and the INF and START talks, which suggests that the focus is on international diplomacy and security.

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International relations, Science and technology