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| 1958 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| Berlin Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin |
| Berlin The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva |
| Nov Berlin Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city |
| 1959 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Berlin Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four foreign ministers' conference |
| Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
| 1961 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Berlin East German President Walter Ulbricht persuaded the Soviets that an immediate solution was necessary & that the only way to stop the exodus was to use force |
| Berlin Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG |
| Moscow Refugees from east Berlin to west Berlin creates a shortage of labour & skills |
| 3rd June Vienna Meets Kennedy & will settle with East Germany if the west signs a peace treaty |
| 12th Aug Moscow The Warsaw Pact calls on East Germany for "protection & control" of the Berlin borders |
| 14th Aug Moscow The border between East & West is sealed off |
| 17th Aug Moscow Construction of the Berlin Wall begins |
| 1961 | Konev, Ivan Stepanovich | |
| Berlin Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG |
| 1962 | Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| San Cristobal A Russian nuclear missile site is built in Cuba |
| Berlin The USA& Russia withdraw their tanks from the Berlin Wall |
| Oct Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles in exchange for a USAcommitment not to invade Cuba & that the USAwill remove American MRBMs targeting Russia from Turkey & Italy |
| Oct Khrushchev wants to locate missiles in Cuba as a deterrent to a USAinvasion & justifies the move in response to USAmissile deployment in Turkey |
| 26th Oct Khruschev sends a letter to Kennedy suggesting that the sites would be dismantled if the United States gave its reassurance that it would not invade Cuba |
| 28th Oct Khruschev announces that the sites would be dismantled, as well as, the removal of light bombers |
| 28th Oct Moscow Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba |
