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Moscow Washington Hotline
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Gen. Leon Johnson Report
Director of NSC's Net Evaluation Subcommittee
Potential nuclear war could result in 93 mil fatalities for US and 140 mil for USSR
‘Neither the US nor the USSR can emerge from a full-scale nuclear exchange without suffering very severe damage and high casualties'. -
Linited Test Ban Treaty
Prohibited nuclear weapons tests/other nuclear explosions underwater, atmosphere, or outer space
Allowed underground nuclear tests as long as no radioactive debris falls outside the boundaries of the nation conducting the test. -
JFK assassination
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LBJ in office
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Finalisation of OPLAN 34A
Covert action to force NV "to desist from its aggressive policies"
Americanisation of conflict -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Administration had power to do as it wished in Vietnam -
Attack on US naval passage
Used torpedoes
Led to Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -
Bombings of NV naval bases
Worsened popularity in SV -
Brezhnev leader of USSR
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First Chinese nuclear bomb testing
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Malinovsky Incident
Malinovsky suggested to Chinese delegate to get rid of Mao
Peace talks immediately broke down
Exacerbated Sino Soviet split -
Attack on US army barracks + helicopter bases
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US troops deployed to Vietnam
20,000 troops
Following rejection of 4 point proposal plan -
Operation Rolling Thunder
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4 Point Programme
Removal of US troops from SV
Self determination for SV
Peaceful reunification
Neither NV or SV in military alliance -
Escalation of US military presence in Vietnam
75,000 troops deployed in total
Fear of attack in Vietnam -
Operation Silver Bayonet
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Chinese Cultural Revolution
Preserve Chinese communism
Little Red Book
Mao's cult of personality
Students formed Red Guards -
Muhammad Ali prison sentence
Sentenced to 5 years
Was released in 1971 -
Outer Space Treaty
No WMDs/military activities in space
Only peaceful exploration -
Dubcek replaces Novotny
Manage limited reform + stabilise Czechoslovakia -
Tet Offensive began
Hundreds of simultaneous Vietcong attacks in SV -
Paris student protests
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Non Proliferation Treaty
Prevent spread of nuclear weapons
Promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy Nuclear disarmament + complete disarmament.
Signed by UK, US, USSR + 59 other states (France + China signed later) -
Warsaw Letter
USSR, Bulgaria, Pol, Hun, GDR warned Czechoslovakia that challenges to socialism within one country were a threat to the entire socialist movement - not to be tolerated. -
End of Brezhnev Doctrine
USSR would not allow Eastern European states to reject communism -
Prague Spring ended
Began April
Period of freedom
Promised Czechoslovakia in Warsaw Pact + no liberalisation
500,000 Warsaw troops invaded -
Nixon in Office
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Zhenbao Incident
China ambushed USSR -
Husak in power
Replaced Dubcek who was arrested -
SALT I began
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Seabed Treaty
No nuclear weapons in the sea
Signed by UK, US, USSR + 91 others -
ABM Treaty signed
Limit ABMs