Peaceful co-existance

what did Khrushchev do in 1956

secret speech during 20th congress of the communist party

what did Khrushchev outline at the 20th congress of the communist party

radical change in USSR foreign policy

what was the radical change Khrushchev outlined

abandoned Marxist-Lenist idea that war between capitalism & communism was inevitable

how did Khrushchev justify this change in foreign policy

said that communism had become so powerful that communism did not even need to go to war to defeat capitalism

what did Khrushchev hope to do by moving the focus away from defeating the USA

the Soviet bloc countries could move recourses towards improving their countries

Khrushchev wanted to focus on:

being unchallenged leaders of communism, grip on Satellite states, Germany not allowed to rearm, USSR develop nuclear armoury, reduced spending on conventional forced & do not provoke US