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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1960 Paris Summit
this entity surface form:
Four-Power Paris Summit of 1960