Foreign Policy Flashcards
Zambia Independence
1964
Rhodesia’s UDI
1965
When did the USA not attend a meeting in London and with whom was this meeting?
1965 - USSR
Who did Wilson meet with regarding Rhodesia and when? What was discussed?
Ian Smith in Dec 1966 on board the HMS Tiger. Both men stated they had the ability to make a deal but when Smith began recanting earlier promises, Wilson began doubting his sincerity.
When was white minority rule abolished in Rhodesia?
1979 with the Lancaster Agreement
When did Wilson go to Moscow?
1966
What did George Brown do in 1966?
Attended a NATO meeting in Paris and received an audience with De Gaulle but he refused to budge on the issue of EEC entry
Phase A/Phase B
1967 - plan devised by Wilson, Kosygin and Cooper to bring peace in Vietnam
Phase A - America cease fire when they are assured infiltration from north to south will stop
Phase B - after a few days, USA will stop amassing forces and infiltration will stop
Johnson and the USSR accepted but then Washington issued new orders that undermined phase a/phase b
When was the Rhodesian referendum?
1969 - for a new republican constitution
What did Mao try doing in 1967?
Turn a workers strike into an anti-british demonstration
Anti-Vietnam Riots
30 000 marched on London in 1968
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
1968
When and by whom was withdrawal from East of Suez announced? What was the plan? Why?
1967 by Denis Healey - planned to withdraw troops from Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore and the Persian Gulf. Britain wanted to reduce their defence spending.
When did withdrawal from East of Suez come into effect?
1971
Second EEC rejection?
1967
