Thaw in Cold war

Question 1

(5) Peaceful coexistence significantly thawed cold war 1953-56 in US

Answer 1

‘Chance for Peace speech’ 1953
Helped end Korean war 1953
Austrian treaty 1955
Didn’t intervene during 1956 Hungarian uprising
Less conventional military spending

Question 2

(3) Peaceful coexistence significantly thawed cold war 1953-56 in USSR

Answer 2

Beria released 1million from gulag, allowed freer media and loosened grip on satellite states promised Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia economic autonomy
Malenkov ‘new course’ 1953
Khrushchev De-Stalinised, “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences” secret speech 1956, renamed Stalingrad

Question 3

(3) Cold war continued to escalate in US 1953-56

Answer 3

CIA role increased e.g. Guatemala 1954, 1953 operation Ajax, a covert operation aimed at the overthrow of the Iranian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh
1955 SEATO ‘Pactomania’ to inflict ‘massive retaliation’
Dulles called non-aligned states ‘immoral and short-sighted’ trying to bring more countries into cold war

Question 4

(2) Cold war continued to escalate in USSR 1953-56

Answer 4

Engaged in nuclear arms race

1956 Hungarian uprising crushed

Question 5

(4) Cold war continued to escalate in US 1956-61

Answer 5

Eisenhower refused apology for U-2 spy plane at Paris Summit 1960
Bay of Pigs 1961
Kennedy expanded military with 200,000 more personal
$20billion in aid to Latin America

Question 6

(5) Cold war continued to escalate in USSR 1957-61

Answer 6

1960 Khrushchev walks out of Paris Summit 
1961 Berlin wall
1958 Berlin Crisis ultimatum
Support of Arab leaders
1961 resumption of nuclear tests

Question 7

Conclusion?

Answer 7

53-56 USSR wants peace but US never do (While Eisenhower gave speech new Nuclear weapons budget being approved in congress, acceptance of sphere of influence born out of fear of WW3 rather than co-operation) . Up to 56 experiment allowed but after return