Growing international prestige Flashcards
One of the most important payoffs of Ostpolitik as far as the GDR was concerned was the…
international recognition it so craved
When was the GDR admitted into the United Nations?
1973
By 1974 the GDR had diplomatic relations with…
80 countries including the USA
What did the Helsinki accords aim to do?
“The Helsinki documents involve political and moral commitments aimed at lessening tensions and opening further the lines of communication between peoples of East and West” (Gerald Ford)
When were the Helsinki accords signed?
August 1975
What accord did the USSR and the GDR sign in October 1975?
The Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance
What did the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance promise?
Friendship for 25 years
How does the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance show a difference between Ulbricht and Honecker?
Ulbricht had been more inclined to assert independence
Honecker sought a closer relationship with the USSR
The GDR was perhaps the Warsaw Pact member to most strongly…
advocate intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and it also urged the Soviet Union to take action against the Solidarity movement in Poland in 1980
The GDR earnestly felt that any process of liberalisation within the Soviet bloc would…
threaten all its members
What doctrine did the GDR embrace wholeheartedly?
The Brezhnev Doctrine of 1968
What was the policy of contact limitation between the GDR and the FRG known as?
Demarcation
The relationship between the FRG and the GDR was threatened by the late 1970s - what was it threatened by?
External developments as various factors polarised attitudes and people spoke of a new Cold War
When did Ronald Reagan become President of the USA?
1983
How did Ronald Reagan view Communism?
- He had a more anti-communist agenda
- Harsh anti-Soviet rhetoric
- Militant anti-communism
