Answer:
The correct answer is A, "détente". Détente means relaxation or lessening in French.
Step-by-step explanation:
Richard Nixon was the American president from 1969 to 1974. His foreign policy was different from previous years when ideological conflict with USSR was constant as he tried to avoid frontal conflicts with USSR and China.
He was looking for an increase in the U.S. trades with other countries and to diminish the fear of nuclear warfare.