Vienna Summit article questions
1. According to professor Richard Reeves, what was Kennedy’s main problem?
2. How did Khrushchev describe Kennedy to his interpreter?
3. When the possibility of war was raised at the meeting, how did both leaders
respond?
4. How long after the meeting was the Berlin Wall constructed? How do historians
disagree on whether it could have been prevented by the meeting?
5. Who do you think was most to blame for the failure of diplomatic talks to find a
solution to the Berlin crisis? Why? PEE Answer.