HIS344Y1 Chapter 12: From Crisis to Détente & the “Emergence” of China
Document Summary
From crisis to d tente and the emergence of. Chapter 3: the rise and fall of d tente. Set up a direct line of communication between moscow and. Washington after the cuban missile crisis - avoid misunderstandings. Transfer all of fissionable materials to custody of the un. Required that other states did not develop nuclear weapons and un be permitted to verify this --> ussr would never agree. Ussr also did not want to stop developing their own nuclear weapons. After ussr developed nuclear weapons, were more agreeable to scaling down development. Usa always wanted to send in people to verify --> ussr would never agree. Blowing in the wind: the limited test ban theory. Prevent dangerous effects of testing in the atmosphere. Khrushchev would offer to agree to no testing if eisenhower would. Finally, eisenhower agrees to suspend for one year. France and china would not sign because they wanted to develop their nuclear weapons.
