THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Growing distrust between US & USSR
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Easing of Cold War tensions
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hopes for a successful summit were dashed when on May 1, May Day, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space. On the first day of the Paris summit, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev stormed out after delivering a condemnation of U.S. spy activities.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U-2 incident had convinced Khrushchev that he could no longer cooperate with Eisenhower, and the Soviet leader walked out of the Paris meeting just hours after it began. Soviet negotiators also abandoned talks on nuclear disarmament the following month.
Detailed explanation-3: -An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month.
Detailed explanation-4: -The US was embarrassed as it was shown to be using espionage and that it had lied about the U2’s mission. They no longer held the moral high ground in the Cold War. No deal was reached over the future of Berlin or Cuba and both would remain major sources of tension for the remainder of the Cold War.