Paris Summit of 1960

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The Paris Summit of 1960 was a high-level Cold War meeting between the leaders of the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and France that collapsed after the downing of a U.S. U-2 spy plane over the USSR.

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1960 Paris Summit 1
Four-Power Paris Summit of 1960 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event
diplomatic summit
international conference
hasAlternativeName Paris Summit of 1960
surface form: 1960 Paris Summit

Paris Summit of 1960
surface form: Four-Power Paris Summit of 1960
hasCauseOfCollapse U-2 incident of 1960
hasChairOrHost Charles de Gaulle
hasCity Paris
hasConsequence postponement of further East–West summits
strengthening of hardline positions in the Cold War
hasContext Cold War
hasCountry France
hasDiplomaticFormat four-power meeting
hasDiplomaticTheme peaceful coexistence
hasEndDate 1960-05-17
hasFailureReason Soviet protest over US espionage
hasHistoricalPeriod late 1950s and early 1960s Cold War thaw
hasLanguage English
French
Russian
other diplomatic languages
hasLeaderParticipant Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
hasMainIssue Berlin question
East–West relations
nuclear arms control
hasNegotiationTopic German reunification issues
nuclear test ban
hasNumberOfPowers 4
hasOutcome breakdown of disarmament talks
collapse of summit
deterioration of US–Soviet relations
hasParticipant France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasPrecedingEvent U-2 incident of 1960
hasRelatedAircraft Lockheed U-2
hasRelatedCountry Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

United States of America
hasRelatedOrganization Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Air Defense Forces
surface form: Soviet Air Defence Forces
hasRelatedPerson Francis Gary Powers
hasSecurityContext nuclear deterrence
hasSignificance symbolic end of a phase of US–Soviet détente before the 1960s escalation
hasStartDate 1960-05-16

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Paris Summit of 1960 hasAlternativeName Paris Summit of 1960
this entity surface form: 1960 Paris Summit
Paris Summit of 1960 hasAlternativeName Paris Summit of 1960
this entity surface form: Four-Power Paris Summit of 1960
U-2 incident of 1960 summitAffected Paris Summit of 1960