KQ2: Relations with the West Flashcards
Who’s idea was Ostpolitik?
Willi Brandt, Chancellor of the FRG
When did Willi Brandt become chancellor of the FRG?
1969
What were the reasons/ aims of Ostpolitik?
- To develop more friendly relations with the GDR.
2. To ease international tension in Europe
Name the 5 key events in the process of Ostpolitik.
- Brandt visits the GDR
- Willi Stoph visits the FRG
- Four Power Treaty
- The Basic Treaty
- Exchanging of diplomats
When did Brandt visit the GDR?
1970
When did Stoph visit the FRG?
1970
When was the Four Power Treaty?
What was it?
1971
A treaty signed by the four allies the basically formalised agreements already in place. It said that
- West Berlin was still under 4 power control but the FRG could still maintain ties to the city.
- The GDR had to accept the transit arrangements to let this happen.
When was the Basic Treaty?
What was it?
June 1973
The two Germanies recognised each others right to exist.
Give 3 effects of Ostpolitik?
- Economic dependence
- Relaxation of travel restrictions
- Sale of political prisoners.
Which year did the FRG become the GDRs main trading partner?
1980
Up until its collapse in 1989, how much was the value of financial transfers from the FRG to the GDR?
91 billion
How many West Germans visited the GDR for extended periods in 1973?
2 million
How many phone calls were there between the 2 Germanies in 1969?
How many were there in 1989?
- 500,000
2. 40 million
How much had the West payed for the freedom of political prisoners and the reunification of families by 1989?
3 billion DM
Name 4 ways in which the GDR stayed loyal to the USSR?
- COMECON
- WARSAW PACT
- TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND MUTAL ASSISTANCE
- Brezchnev Doctrine
