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A.F. Dobrynin is one of the oldest diplomats of the post-war period, which occupies a unique place in the history of our diplomacy in general and Soviet relations especially. He made a significant contribution to the normalization of relations between the USSR and the United States and the strengthening of the international prestige of our state. The book offered to the reader represents indisputable interest in the first place, because it allows you to look behind the scenes almost a quarter of a century-old segment of diplomatic history at the most difficult periods of relations between the two powers. The value of the book is that the author is not the chronicler, but an active participant in the formation of these relations, which used by the authority and influence in the highest echelons of power and in Moscow, and in Washington. View from the inside, the impressions and assessments of the author, supported by the same documents, are of considerable interest for wide circles of readers