cooperation after cuba

Question 1

what was kenedy initialy inclined towards doing with the ussr and to appease oposition what did he have to demonstraight

Answer 1

cooperation
anti communist stance

Question 2

what was the national security councils’s net evaluation subcommittee

Answer 2

a seacate part of the NSc who preped anual reports of nuclear war impact

Question 3

how did the NSC net evaluation subcommittee confirm kenedys thinking about nukes

Answer 3

neither us/ussr can survive nuclear war ‘without suffering very servere damage and high casulties’

Question 4

what did the NSC net evaluation subcommittee estimate the number of combined deaths there would be if there was a nuclear war in 1963/4

Answer 4

93 million

Question 5

did the NSC net evaluation subcommittee believe the ussr was aware of the consiquences of nuclear war

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

after the CMC what was kenedys stance towards nukes

Answer 6

avoiding a nuclear war was more important than winning one

Question 7

what was MAD

Answer 7

mutualy assured distruction

Question 8

how did MAD affect the arms race

Answer 8

detered nuclear development

Question 9

what was kenedys stance towards volotile contires and nukes

Answer 9

wanted ti prevent them from gaining nuclear power

Question 10

in 1963 how was japan from the bombs droped in 45

Answer 10

still recovering

Question 11

because of the continued effects in japan what did kenedy want to do with nuked

Answer 11

he believed further nuclear destruction should be ended or at least limited

Question 12

as a result of the ncs japan and mad what did kennedy start

Answer 12

negotiations to prevent nuclear weapons which continued untill the end of the cold war

Question 13

what deplayed the negotiations kenedy started with the ussr

Answer 13

his assasination

Question 14

in what way what khru action in cuba presented as a triumph

Answer 14

news paper pravada applauded his ‘calm and wisdom’

Question 15

what was khru ameniable to in terms of us-soviet relations

Answer 15

a relationship based on mutual restraint, not brinkmanship

Question 16

how did the sino-soviet split affect khruchev

Answer 16

made concilliation important to him
lost reliable ally in asia

Question 17

which of khrus actions demonstrated ussr’s forign policy not perminent

Answer 17

reconsiliation with Tito/yugoslavia

Question 18

what was khrus stance towards revolutionary movments

Answer 18

didnt see them as contradictory to relations with us

Question 19

how did khru react to kenedys wish to creat common agreements eg limits on nukes

Answer 19

enthusiastic

Question 20

when was the moscow washington hotline est

Answer 20

june 20th 1963

Question 21

what was the moscow washington hotline

Answer 21

allowed direct communication between the kremlin and white house

Question 22

what did the moscow washington hotline help do

Answer 22

build relations and reduce tensions with faster communication

Question 23

give an example as to why faster communication between us and ussr was nesscary

Answer 23

during CMC it took 12 hours to decode khrus 3000 word settelement message

Question 24

what were the limits to the moscaw washington hotline

Answer 24

ommited other contries and information was ‘theoreticaly secure’

Question 25

when was the moscaw test ban treaty signed and by who

Answer 25

aug 5th 1963 us,uk,ussr

Question 26

what did the moscaw test ban treaty do

Answer 26

prohibit nuclear testing in the atmosphere,space,underwater but not underground

Question 27

what were the benifits to the moscaw test ban treaty

Answer 27

1st collective arms limitation agreement hoped to diminish chances of nuclear war satelights allowed monetering accepted by china and france eventualy

Question 28

what were the limits to the moscaw test ban treaty

Answer 28

china and france didnt sign initialy public opposition didnt include underground testing

Question 29

when was the nuclear non proliferation treaty

Answer 29

july 1968

Question 30

what was the nuclear non proliferation treaty

Answer 30

a means to check the spread nuclear weapons by the us, ussr and britain

Question 31

what did the nuclear non proliferation treaty mean for nuclear development

Answer 31

the contries involved wouldn’t encourage or allow nuclear development but reaserch could still be done for peaceful purposes

Question 32

what was the main principle of the nuclear non proliferation treaty

Answer 32

non nuclear states couldn’t have nukes

Question 33

when did most un contries become signatories to the nuclear non proliferation treaty

Answer 33

between 1968-70

Question 34

when did china and france finaly sign the nuclear non proliferation treaty but what did they do instead

Answer 34

1992 privately agreed to adhere to the terms in 1968

Question 35

what factors led to further discussions on limitations

Answer 35

the nuclear non proliferation treaty economic reasons pressures from other countries

Question 36

what led to the start of SALT

Answer 36

nixsons win

Question 37

what did SALT do for the us

Answer 37

help improve international position eg veitnamisation and relations w china

Question 38

what did SALT mean for the ussr

Answer 38

allowed for a focus on internal affairs

Question 39

when was SALT signed

Answer 39

1972

Question 40

what were the benefits of SALT

Answer 40

allowed reduce in spending which allowed a domestic focus

Question 41

what halted the descusions for a cut back in materials

Answer 41

soviet intervention in czechoslovakia johnson’s decision not to re run