Summit meetings 1959 - 61

Question 1

Geneva, may 1959

Answer 1

First summit meeting between foreign ministers of various countries.
No agreements were reached

Question 2

Camp David, September 1959

Answer 2

Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet face to face for the first time at presidential ranch.
Soviets agreed to withdraw the Berlin Ultimatum
No agreements reached on Berlin

Question 3

Paris summit conference and U-2 spy plane incident May 1960

Answer 3

USSR announced that they shot down a U-2 spy plane from USA. America tried to claim it was a weather plane but were caught lying. They refused to apologise and said it was necessary. this made relations worse

Question 4

Vienna, June 1961

Answer 4

JFK became president of the USA. they met for the first time so Khrushchev took a tough approach on Kennedy but still no agreements were reached on Berlin