Special Relationship

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What took place in March 1957?
Macmillan and Eisenhower met in Bermuda to repair the damaged relationship due to Suez. The British supersonic bomber AVRO 730 was cancelled by British Defence Secretary, Sandys, and American bombers would be based in Britain.
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In 1957, why could Macmillan claim Britain had an equal share in control of the American bombers?
They would be operated on a dual key.
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What did Britain and the US work to sustain?
Berlin
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What took place in 1958?
The US had once again agreed to share nuclear technology with Britain under the Mutual Defence Agreement. Polaris was later installed at the Holy Lock on the Clyde?
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What took place in 1960?
Britain's own rocket project, Blue Streak, was abandoned in 1960 due to economic problems.
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Why did the US encourage Britain to join the EEC?
For strategic reasons - seeing Britain as a vital link between Europe and North America, even though this was one of the reasons why Britain was orginally hostile to joining as they didn't want to damage the relationship.
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Other than Eisenhower, who else did Macmillan establish a good relationship with?
JFK - Kennedy kept Macmillan informed with the events of the CMC, though Thorneycroft described Britain as 'bystanders' during the crisis, making Britain look weak. Also, Macmillan never able to claim same level as Churchill and Atlee with Truman.
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What were the positives of the special relationship with JFK?
It appeared that Britain had kept its place at the international 'top table'.
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What was the CMC?
This occured when Cuba, which was communist, requested the USSR to station nuclear weapons in Cuba. The US feared this, and sent a blockade to prevent Soviet ships from reaching Cuba. Tense negotiationss resulted in the SU withdrawing from Cuba.
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During the CMC, where did the US secretly remove missiles from?
Turkey and Italy.
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What has been seen as the closest thing the world has come to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis.
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How did the cost of defence in Britain increase during the Korean War?
From 8% of GDP to 14%.
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How did the Korean War potentially weaken the special relationship?
It was clear that the US was the greater power.
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What was the Burgess and Maclean Affair?
This involved Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, who were high British intelligence officers. They defected to the SU in 1951. For years after there was a search for the 'Third Man' who had tipped them off.
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How did the Burgess and Maclean Affair damage the special relationship?
The revelation that British spies had been leaking vital secrets to Moscow deeply worried the Americans, who became much less ready to share intelligence secrets with Britain.
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What took place in 1954 which damaged the special relationship?
The new US Secretary of State, Dulles, considered the use of nuclear strikes in Vietnam. This reuqired support from allies, espeically Britain, which Britain would not give.
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What did Macmillan do in 1959 which damaged the special relationship?
Macmillan visited Moscow to meet with Khrushchev, and agreed to a communique calling for arms limitations in Europe, sparking hostility from the US.
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What did the US do to undermine the Britain?
The US removed missiles from Turkey even though it directy affected NATO.
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How was the special relationship affected by the Suez affair?
The US opposed the action. Britain was not strong and plunged into financial crisis. Eden's undisguised annoyance with Eisenhower was hardly likely to win the Americans over to his point of view.
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