European Détente
- Created by: Ellie Le Couteur Bisson
- Created on: 23-05-13 22:03
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- European détente
- The Basic Treaty (1972)
- Aimed to normalise relations between the 2 Germanies.
- Allowed for other European countries to establish diplomatic relations with the GDR.
- Led to both the GDR and the FRG becoming members of the EU in Sept 1973
- The Berlin Agreement (1971)
- Quadripartite agreement on Berlin signed guaranteeing Western access to West Berlin.
- The West recognised East Berlin as part of the GDR, and not just a Soviet occupation-zone.
- Agreed that West and East Germany would remain separate and the 4 power presence established in 1945 would remain.
- Opened the way for further Ostpolitik. Also created a positive climate for American-Soviet détente.
- Willy Brandt
- Took over from Adenauer as W. German chancellor in 1969
- Brandt disregarded the Hallstein Doctrine which stated that West Germany would not establish diplomatic relations with the GDR.
- Was committed to 'Ostpolitik' - reducing the consequences of division between East and West.
- Unlike Adenauer (who was committed to the reunification of Germany), Brandt accepted the notion of 2 states within 1 German nation.
- The Helsinki Accords
- Basket 1:Security in Europe
- Basket II: Cooperation in the fields of economics, of science, and technology and of the environment
- Basket III: Cooperation in humanitarian and other fields
- The whole of Europe, Canada and the US participated.
- The USA was worried that NATO's role in Europe would be marginalised by the feeling of security in Western Europe
- Both superpowers welcomed the relaxation of East-West confrontation; some historians regard the Helsinki Accords as the high point in détente
- The Basic Treaty (1972)
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