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geneva may 1959
both sides met and made
suggestion as to how berlin should
be governed . they could
not reach an agreement but
least they were able to discuss possibilitiescamp david , september 1959
eisenhower and khrushchev met face to face
in the USA . there was no agreement , but the
soviets did withdraw the berlin ultimatum .
the leaders appeared to get on better .paris , may 1960
just before the paris meeting the soviet union
shot down an american U-2 spy plane over
russia . eisenhower refused to apologise and
khrushchev walked out of the meeting . no decisions are takenvienna june 1961
john f kennedy elected president
khrushchev believed kennedy was inexperienced
churschev renewed the berlin ultimatum
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