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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1960 Paris Summit | 1 |
| Four-Power Paris Summit of 1960 | 1 |
| Paris Summit of 1960 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Paris Summit of 1960 Context triple: [U-2 incident of 1960, summitAffected, Paris Summit of 1960]
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A.
Geneva Conference of 1954
The Geneva Conference of 1954 was an international meeting that ended the First Indochina War and led to the temporary partition of Vietnam, reshaping the political landscape of Southeast Asia.
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference was a 1944 diplomatic meeting in Washington, D.C., where major Allied powers drafted the foundational proposals that led to the creation of the United Nations.
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C.
Reagan–Gorbachev summits
The Reagan–Gorbachev summits were a series of high-level meetings in the 1980s between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that significantly eased Cold War tensions and advanced nuclear arms control.
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Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a pivotal 1943 World War II meeting where Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin coordinated military strategy against Nazi Germany and discussed plans for the postwar world.
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E.
Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords were a 1975 diplomatic agreement between Western and Eastern bloc countries that aimed to improve relations, recognize post–World War II European borders, and promote human rights during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Paris Summit of 1960 Target entity description: 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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A.
Geneva Conference of 1954
The Geneva Conference of 1954 was an international meeting that ended the First Indochina War and led to the temporary partition of Vietnam, reshaping the political landscape of Southeast Asia.
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B.
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference was a 1944 diplomatic meeting in Washington, D.C., where major Allied powers drafted the foundational proposals that led to the creation of the United Nations.
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C.
Reagan–Gorbachev summits
The Reagan–Gorbachev summits were a series of high-level meetings in the 1980s between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that significantly eased Cold War tensions and advanced nuclear arms control.
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D.
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a pivotal 1943 World War II meeting where Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin coordinated military strategy against Nazi Germany and discussed plans for the postwar world.
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E.
Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords were a 1975 diplomatic agreement between Western and Eastern bloc countries that aimed to improve relations, recognize post–World War II European borders, and promote human rights during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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Subject: Paris Summit of 1960 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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