summit deplomacy Flashcards
what were khrushchevs key motives for summit deplomacy
slow arms race
focus on ussr internal development
national security
frg joining nato
what were the key summits
geneva
camp david
paris
vienna
when was the geneva summit
1955
what was significant about the geneva summit
1st since potsdam
what were the 2 key debates at geneva
open skies proposal
future of germany
what was the open skies proposal
ikes idea to provide full details of military installations
what did ike suggest for the future of germany
a unified
free election
free germany
what was khrushchevs response to the open skies
rejected
what was khrushchevs reaction to ikes future of germany
would only agree if germany was demilitarised and nutral
agreed to free elections but there were no procedures to make this happen
what does geneva mark the beginning of
dialogue between superpowers
when was camp david
1959
what was discussed at camp david
berlin situation
agreement to settle issues through deplomacy
what was the impact of camp david on relations between pur and ussr
detriated
reinforced west belief that there was not a communist power block
what did camp david directly lead to
paris summit
how did camp david effect german issue
it was a calm
when was the paris summit
may 1960
when was the vienna summit
1961
what were the aims of the paris summit
to form a deal over berlin
to form and agreement over prohibiting nuclear weapons in the pacific and germany
what was the key thing discussed at vienna
germany
how it was used as an escape out of the east
what was jfk approach at vienna
hard lined
how did jfk respond to the failure at vienna
increased defence spending
built up nato
what was the chinese response to the aim to prohibit nuclear weapons in the pacific
would not agree
why did the paris summit break down
us u2-plane shot over ussr
what was the result of the vienna summit
little achieved
lack of agreement over germany led to 3rd berlin crisis and the berlin wall
when was the u2 spy plane incident
1st may 1960
(13 days before paris)
what did the us claim the plane was and why
a weather plane
assuming the plane and pilot were destroyed
what did he ussr reveal about the u2 plane
it’s purpose
the pilot (gary powers) who they put on trial
what did khrushchev demand at paris (u2)
and what happened
an apology
ikr refused
paris ended without an agreement over on berlin
