Attitudes To USSR

Question 1

Why did US + Br still work together 70s despite disagreements?

Answer 1

-continued share foreign policy objective of holding back communism
-USSR + China most powerful communist nations

Question 2

Why were relations with USSR + china tense?

Answer 2

-ongoing Cold War meant relations based in suspicion bordering on hostility

Question 3

How did this change?

Answer 3

-70s US relationship with both USSR + China improved
-Br followed US lead

Question 4

What was going on in the 70s with USSR?

Answer 4

-a detente

Question 5

Why was there a detente?

Answer 5

-after tension of Cuban missile crisis successive pres US + USSR tried prevent situation occurring again by est direct contact
-led to meetings + agreement to limit build up of arms

Question 6

What remained despite this?

Answer 6

-underlying tension remained as still fears about USSR influence in Eastern Europe

Question 7

What were these underlying tensions demonstrated by?

Answer 7

-the Georgi Markov affair
-Markov a Bulgarian who defected to the west 1969 + outspoken in his criticisms of bukharin communist regime

Question 8

What did this amount in?

Answer 8

-was assassinated in london 1978 supposedly by poisonous pellet fired from umbrella
-Rus secret service, the KGB, suspected of being behind it