Berlin Crisis and Berlin Wall 1958-1963
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Germany Divided into East and West
1949
1950s and 1958
Refugee problem started, and then escalated so 3 million east germans moved
Geneva Summit
May 1959 Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for the 1st time
Camp David summit
September 1959 Agreement made to withdraw the Berlin Ultimatum
What was the Berlin Ultimatum?
Berlin was to become a free city with free elections, otherwise he would grant East Germany routes to Berlin
May 1960
Paris Summit - Eisenhower refused to say sorry and admit to the U-2 spy plane being shot down over the USSR's territory. No agreements made
June 1961
Vienna Summit- JFK becomes president and increases military spending to $2B and Khrushchev renews the ultimatum trying to take advantage of JFK
August 1961
Berlin wall is built 165 km long
JFK visits Berlin and makes Ich Ein Berliner speech
June 1963