HIS344Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Vienna Summit, Space Race, Weather Balloon
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Khrushchev"s solution 1958: khrushchev issued an ultimatum to the allies to remove their forces from west berlin. Brought in medium and short ranged missiles to defend it: khrushchev then rescinded his ultimatum and said the. West misunderstood his 6 month time frame no more time frame. Crack"s in western unity: britain pm macmillan visited moscow in february 1959 and proposed that they would be able to negotiate if the. Soviets pulled its forces out of east berlin as well as. East germany as they wanted the us to do: eisenhower rejected this as he did not want to compromise with the ussr. Presented the us as unwilling to pursue peace: eisenhower then invited khrushchev to the us in. Khrushchev"s visit to the us: first communist leader in us, resulted in a turning point: Us is concerned of a potential nuclear war and the situation in berlin is unacceptable.
