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| Campaign Maize Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| Launches the maize campaign |
| Conference of Nuclear Test Ban Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Geneva Attends but a treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Geneva Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Congress of CP, 21st Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| 21st Party Congress |
| Crisis 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 |
| Diplomacy Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Peking The Sino-Soviet split becomes public |
| Washington Visits Eisenhower to discuss general foreign policy including Berlin |
| Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
| 1st Oct Criticised in the press for a visit to the US |
| 1st Oct Peking Visits China for the 10th anniversary of the revolution |
| First Secretary CPSU Ligachev Ligachev, Egor Kuzmich | |
| Novosibirsk Appointed First Secretary of the Novosibirsk obkom |
| Launch Luna I Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| 1st Jan 1st unmanned space probe is launched, Luna I |
| Nuclear Warfare Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Geneva Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USAopposition, the "big hole" theory |
