President Nixon met the Soviet Premier ___ and reached agreements on two important cold war treaties.​

Nikita Kruschev

Explanation:

there would be a gradual withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam.

the South Vietnamese would take greater responsibility for the fighting.

Explanation:

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.

i'm pretty sure it would be, the mediterranean sea.