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(official) What extent, East-Westrelations affected over Berlin 1948-1989?Over BerlinOtherBerlin BlockadeBerlin Wall+crisisOstpolitikCurrency reform 1948Marshall AidIdeological differencesLondon conferenceNATO/ Warsaw PactUSSR claimed the wet hadbroken Potsdam agreement,treating Germany as a singleeconomic unitSoured relations, USSR usedforce to block off Wests accessto their half of cityIncidents such as a USSR fighter collidingwith a British transport plane worsenedrelationsBroke four poweraccord, allowed freetravel between all zonesAllies did not likethis, heightenedtensionsSign of aggressionby the USSRPhysical sign ofpolitical failure by theGDRBrandt criticised the Berlin Wall and theeast for building it, this did not help therelations as the countries were talkingnegatively of each otherPositively improvedrelations between bothstatesMoscow Treaty 1970, gaveGDR internationalrecognition, GDR joined UNWarsaw Treaty 1970, financialaid given to eastern bloccountryFour power agreement1971, improved travelrights for west BerlinersBasic Treaty 1973, FRG recognised theGDR, visa introduced to allow westBerliners to travel to East Berlin 1 dayUSSR thought west was tryingto build up western Europe as adefence against communismNegative relations with the west, theythought they were attackingtcommunismOfficially to help theeconomic recovery ofEuropeUSSR claimed the west had brokenpotsdam agreement, the reformunited the currency of the three alliedzones which meant the westernzones could be treated as singleeconomic unitCaused severe disagreementwith the USSR and the west,led to the Berlin Blockadeand airlift, blocked travel toand from Berlin forwesternersExcluded from theconference, it was to discussGerman affairsHallstein Doctrine,made relations worse,isolated GDRHallstein Doctrine,isolated the GDR andmade them loose faith inthe west, they beganlooking Eastward.Damaged relations withthe westIncompatable ideologies,communism vs capitalism, theywere unlikely to have manyagreements over thingsNATO, the wests relationship with the east dissapearedas they looked for western integration, NATO meantthe Warsaw Pact was created as a reaction to the west,damaged relations as they looked towards the easternbloc for support that the west was not giving themBolstering defenceagainstcommunism inWestFears in East,FRG may beused to attackEast GermanyGDR accepted into Warsaw Pact1955, gave them a new sense ofsecurity as they had the mutualsupport of Eastern bloc countriesLook eastwards for support, notwestwards, they lost faith in theWest when FRG joined NATOMade GDR thankful forloans, allowed GDR togrow a little, cheaperexports for GDRRelations better, GDRcould gain access tomaterials theypreviosuly could not,became an unofficialextra member of EECStopped countries from havingdiplomatic relations with GDR,as they would have theirs withthe FRG removedLeft the GDR isolated,relatiosn worsened as GDRlooked Eastwards forsupportDrew both states further apartOstpolitikDrove states apart atinternational levelpropped up the GDR for longer,keeping the division existingbetween themBroke the Basic lawscommitment tounification1984, recognised by132 states, joinedUNGDR were reliant on loan,38.5 billion in debt to FRG,they were thankful after theUSSR had pulled supportDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node