Charles de Gaulle - De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit

Time: Tuesday May 17, 1960

Place: Paris, France

Details: De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit on 17 May 1960 for arms limitation talks and détente efforts in the wake of the 1960 U-2 incident between United States President Dwight Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.

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