on february 8, 1977, carter said he had wanted the soviet union to work with the united states to stop nuclear testing. during a june 13 meeting, carter said that the united states would begin to talk to the soviet union about demilitarization of the indian ocean. on december 30, carter said that the united states and the soviet union have made great progress on talking about important issues. these talks helped create the strategic arms limitation treaty ii by carter and leonid brezhnev on june 18, 1979.