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    Detente- Success or Failure?

    British cartoon, published 1976. How sincere


    does the artist think the two sides were in
    wanting to improve relations?
    How successful was the détente?

     East-West relations in the late 60s and early 70s


     Détente between US and China
     SALT
     Space
     Helsinki Conference
     Sino-US relations
    East & West Germany
     During 1960s, Billy Brandt
    Chancellor of West Germany
    formed closer ties with
    Communist East Germany
     Ostpolitik
     1972, East & West Germany
    formally recognised each other’s
    frontiers
     Trade links

    Why was it so important for East & West


    Germany to recognise each others frontiers?
    Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
    (SALT)
     1969, USA & USSR begin
    arms negotiations
     1972, SALT 1 signed
     Both sides to limit numbers
    of nuclear weapons &
    warheads
     1979, Salt II, agreement
    reached though never came
    into effect
     Why does the artist of this
    1970s cartoon think the 2
    sides engaged in talks so
    keenly?
    Détente between US and China
     ‘Ping pong’ diplomacy,  US and USSR concerned
    after visits by US and about growing power of
    Chinese table tennis China
    teams  China and USSR agreed
     1971, US accepted over Vietnam, but
    Communist China as quarreled over other
    representative at UN issues
     1972, Nixon visited  US worried about
    Chairman Mao in Peking Communist alliance
     Trade talks between USSR and
    China
    Co-operation in space
     July 1975, Apollo & Soyuz spacecraft docked in space &
    astronauts met together

    Badge worn by astronauts during the space


    link-up. Some critics argued the event was
    little more than a publicity stunt. How far
    do you agree?
    Helsinki Conference, August 1975
     35 countries (including USA
    & USSR) signed Helsinki
    Agreement
     West recognised frontiers of
    Eastern Europe & Soviet
    ‘sphere of influence’
     Soviets agreed to buy US
    grain & export oil to West
     Greater freedom for Western
    journalists & guarantees of
    basic human rights
     21 days notice of military
    manoeuvres near frontiers
     Your task
     Complete a table similar to the one below

    Why the US Why the USSR


    supported this supported this

    Better co-operation
    between East and
    West Germany
    Arms limitation Talks

    Co-operation in space

    Helsinki Agreement
     Your task
    “Salt II was the most detailed, far-reaching, comprehensive
    treaty in the history of arms control”
    Jimmy Carter, US President, made this comment after
    signing the agreement
     How reliable is this source to an historian studying the
    SALT II agreement? Use the source and your own
    knowledge to explain your answer.
    Mark scheme
     Level 2 Simple inferences (2-3 marks)
     Level 3 Developed response
     Questions purpose of the statement, e.g. Carter signed
    the treaty and therefore had vested interest in its success
     And/or uses own knowledge, e.g. although agreement
    was reached its terms never came into effect, US & USSR
    continued to increase arms production (4-5marks)
     Level 4 Complex response
     Questions purpose & uses detailed factual knowledge (6
    marks)

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