Britain unit; International Relations
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- Created on: 16-04-19 21:38
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- RELATIONS
- Mutual fears of Russian expansion
- Marshall Aid
- Co-operation over the Berlin Blockade
- Members of NATO
- Est. 1949
- "special relationship"
- Both sent troops to defend S.Korea
- BR not an equal partner
- Economic problems
- USA did not support BRs intervention of Suez
- BR could not offer military support in USA involvement in Vietnam
- Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
- USA did not act in close co-operation
- USSR
- Mutual suspicion and distrust
- BR viewed USSR as a major threat in the Cold War
- Rearming of W.Germany
- USSR opposed
- USA BR supported
- N. Korean expansion
- USSR backed
- USA BR opposed
- Both accused of espionage
- 100+ Soviet diplomats were expelled from BR
- After the fall of Stalin (1953)
- Greater contact
- Thatcher established good relations with Gorbachev
- State visits 1984
- Fall of USSR control of E. Europe
- Fall of communism
- 1989
- Brought about a new phase of Anglo-Russian relations
- Welcomed by Britain
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