12 ene 1958 año - Kruschev's
Berlin ultimatum
Descripción:
- krushchev accused the allies of breaking the potsdam agreement- declared that they must leave west berlin whithin months and suggested that Berlin would become a free city.
Sept 1959- Krushchev visits the US
Why did krushev fear capitalist west berlin ?
-West Germany had joined nato in 1955
-West germany had joined the ECSC in 1951
-West germany was economically strong
-Feared the loss of a generation of talented and highly skilled ppl —> bc of refugee crisis
-An area of capitalist prosperity within the communist territory
-Kruschev believed west germany would be a base of espionnage
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12 ene 1958 año
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