Why did Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin not want to assist President Lyndon B. Johnson in trying to find an end to the Vietnam War?
A)He was hoping that a unified Vietnam would at one point become part of the Soviet Union.
B)Kosyigin begrudged President Johnson's invasion of the Dominican Republic, which had been friendly to the Soviets.
C)Kosygin was trying to improve relations with People's Republic of China, and approaching the U.S. would have sent the wrong signal.
D)Kosygin was competing with the People's Republic of China for the favor of the North Vietnamese.

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Kosygin was competing with the People's Republic of China for the favor of the North Vietnamese, which influenced his reluctance to assist the U.S. in ending the Vietnam War.

Why Did Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Not Want to Assist