FRG: TOWARDS DDR

Question 1

What did the Stalin Notes entail?

Answer 1

The suggestion that the USSR would give up the DDR in favour of a neutral independent democratic Germany.

Question 2

What did Adenauer ignore? (2 factors)

Answer 2

The Stalin Notes.

The 1953 uprising and the repression of it.

Question 3

What was the Hallstein Doctrine?

Answer 3

Recognised the FRG should not accept the DDR by formally recognising it or having diplomatic relations with states which did, except the USSR.

Question 4

When was the Khrushchev Ultimatum?

Answer 4

November 1958.

Question 5

What was the Khrushchev Ultimatum?

Answer 5

FRG to recognise the GDR or the USSR would hand East Berlin to GDR, giving the East control over access to West Berlin.

Question 6

How did the West react to the Khrushchev ultimatum?

Answer 6

Rejected it.

Question 7

What was proposed at the 1959 Foreign Minister Conference in Geneva?

Answer 7

Adenauer proposed mutual recognition of sovereignty but Berlin should be free to hold a referendum on unification.

Question 8

How did Adenauer react to the Berlin Wall?

Answer 8

Slow to react or even visit it.