To What Extent was Detente a Successful Method of Conducting Cold War Conflict?

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• European Detente

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