The impact on the USSR Flashcards

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What did Nixon’s visit to China cause?

A

Great anxiety at the top of the Soviet government.

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What did Nixon’s visit to China force the Soviet government to do?

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Maintain friendly and cooperative relations with the USA, as they feared the emergence of an anti-Soviet Sino-US alliance

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What had the USSR been doing as early as 1969?

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Monitoring US interest in China, fearful of a Sino-US alliance

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What did the USSR have to do because of the Sino-US involvement?

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Divide Its military resources and plan for war on two fronts - a war in Europe with NATO forces and war in the East with China

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What were the Soviet leaders aware of?

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USA’s new friendship with China meant that the USA could now focus its defensive strategy on the USSR

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What were Soviet leaders concerned about?

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China might persuade the USA to abandon detente

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What did Nixon do three months after his visit to China?

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He attended the Moscow Summit of May 1972

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What was significant about the May 1972 Moscow Summit?

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It was the most successful summit of the CW to date

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What did the USSR agree to sign?

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The SALT 1 treaties and the Basic Principles Agreement, which effectively normalised the relationship between the two superpowers

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What did Soviet leaders never acknowledge?

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Nixon’s visit to China was behind their willingness to negotiate

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What senior official in Nixon’s administration believe?

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Triangular diplomacy had played a role on the success of the summit

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