麦克米伦、大国首脑会议与冷战的缓和(1959-1960)

Maurice H. Macmillan,Big Powers Summit and the Detente of Cold War in Europe

第二次柏林危机发生后,英国麦克米伦政府竭力主张召开大国首脑会议来缓解危机,积极斡旋西方盟国和苏联,不断推进日内瓦外长会议、美苏戴维营会谈、西方首脑会议和东西方首脑峰会的顺利进行,力求达成有关解决柏林问题的协定。在此过程中,英国首相麦克米伦发挥出了重要的外交协调作用,初步实现了他在东西方间举行系列会议,进行长期谈判的目标,第二次柏林危机也由此得到缓和。

After the Second Berlin Crisis, Macmillan strongly advocated holding a summit to ease the crisis, and gave an active mediation between the Western allies and the Soviet Union, constantly promoting the Geneva Foreign Ministers＇conference, the Camp David meeting, the Western Summit and the East- West Summit for reaching an agreement on resolving the problem of Berlin. In this process, the British Prime Minister Macmillan played an important diplomatic role in coordination, which had achieved the target preliminarily on holding a series of meetings and long negotiations between East and West. Therefore, the Second Berlin Crisis entered into the period of detente.