Krushchev and East-West Relations, 1955-1961 (Key dates)

The Federal Republic of Germany is admitted into NATO

May 1955

The four occupying powers reach agreement in the form of the Austrian State Treaty

May 1955

The Geneva Summit takes place

July 1955

Krushchev delivers his ‘Secret Speech’

25th February 1956

The text of Krushchev’s Secret Speech reached the US State Department by this time

June 1956

The Polish Rising takes place

June-October

The Hungarian Rising takes place

October-November 1956

Boleslaw Beirut dies (PU)

1956

Polish workers go on strike to protest wage cuts and poor working conditions.

28th June 1956

Gomulka becomes the leader of the Polish Communist Party

October 1956

Students in Budapest demonstrate and list 16 demands (HU)

22nd October 1956

Nagy is appointed prime minister of Hungary

24th October 1956

Krushchev agrees to the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Budapest.

28th October 1956

Moscow reverses its decision to withdraw from Hungary

31st October 1956

The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held

February 1956

Krushchev participates in the Camp David talks with Eisenhower

September 1959

The Paris Summit takes place

May 1960

Kennedy takes office

January 1961

Kennedy and Krushchev meet for the first time in Vienna

June 1961

Kennedy calls for a build-up of NATO forces

25th July 1961