Nikita Sergeyevich KhruschevNovember 1958
Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city
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Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city
The West replies to Russias ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva. Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin
Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation
Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation. Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four Foreign Minister's conference
Meets Kennedy & will settle with East Germany if the west signs a peace Treaty
The Warsaw Pact calls on East Germany for "protection & control" of the Berlin borders
The border between East & West is sealed off
Construction of the Berlin Wall begins
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG. East German President Walter Ulbricht persuaded the Soviets that an immediate solution was necessary & that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force
Refugees from east Berlin to west Berlin creates a shortage of labour & skills
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
The US & Russia withdraw their tanks from the Berlin Wall
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