berlin wall- 1961
stop immagration
"death strip"
2.6 million people went over.
communist were in control of east berlin, so they wanted to go to west berlin
fakir beds-- bed of nails
berlin wall went all the way around west berlin
soviets built it..
prevent from east to west immigration
nixons visit to china
soviets and our relationship sucked
soviets went after countries on edge of communism,,, china
US tohught communism= downfall of schools and labor unions
nixon- first pres to china
US and PRC gov issued shanghai communique
statement of foreign policy veiws
US pull forces from taiwan
both pledged to work toward the full normilization of diplomatic relations
results::
republic of china= taiwan
PRC= communist china
1970's peace attempts
detente= release of tensions
build new relationships between US, CHINA AND SOVIET UNION
china- scared of what the US had done in Vietnam
less weaponry than the US
US-better ways to contain communism
weapons were expensive and weapon production
peace with soviet union = beneficial
salt 1- US and soviet union reduce nuclear weapons
salt 2- limits on strategic offensive weapon systems
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