Zusammenfassung der Ressource
To What Extent was Detente a Successful
Method of Conducting Cold War Conflict?
- European Detente
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- Ostpolitik abandoned Hallstein Doctrine
- The Hallstein Doctrine was the refusal to
recognize East Germany as a separate state
- Brandt established links between East and
West as a method of reducing barriers
- Brandt, Willie - West
German politician -
Foreign Minister then
Chancellor
- Result included several treaties that
recognized realities of the situation
- Poland and Soviet Union accepted
Oder-Niesse line as Polish-German border
- Also recognized bored between
East and West Germany
- USA, France, and Britain gained legal
basis for access routes to West Berlin
- Basic Treaty, 1972, accepted
existence of East Germany
- This helped to increase trade links
between the two countries
- It was not an abandonment
of re-unification
- Ostpolitik
- Reduced tension in Europe -
contributing to Detente
- Had to accept Soviet
control over Eastern Europe
- This gave legal
recognition to
Soviet Union
- Reinforced division of
Cold War Europe
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