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3 – 6 June 1961
In Vienna, Khrushchev presents Kennedy with a memorandum concerning
the German policy, the so-called Berlin-Memorandum. It contains a
proposal for the conversion of West-Berlin into a demilitarised and
neutral city and demands the finalisation of a peace treaty. The
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| until 11 June. On that weekend, the whole world was
watching Vienna. The Soviet Premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and
the American President John F. Kennedy were meeting in Vienna. For the
Viennese, this summit meeting was an event of top priority. The wives |
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the politicians, Nina Khrushchev and Jackie
Kennedy, were especially welcomed with wild enthusiasm.
Premier Khrushchev with
the wife of U.S. President
Kennedy in Vienna. |
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Berlin, which was still occupied by all four victorious powers, nuclear
weapons tests and disarmament. There was to be no rapprochement. For the
young Kennedy, who had become President in the same year, it was his
first meeting with his great opposite number from the Soviet Union. For
the Viennese it was a major coup to have the two heads of the
superpowers in town. Virtually the highlight: the Kennedys attended
service in St. Stephen’s Cathedral. This was almost better than the
formal dinner in Schönbrunn Palace, where Khrushchev and Kennedy
appeared together for the only time and in the company of their wives. |
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The streets were lined with people when the convoy of national
limousines went by, accompanied by a gigantic array of police and
bodyguards. Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the CPSU, was
riding in a Russian ZIL, the Federal President Adolf Schärf in a
Mercedes 600 and U.S. President John F. Kennedy alternatively in a
Lincoln or a Cadillac. Incidentally, none of the vehicles was
armoured. While the two men were negotiating first in the American
then in the Russian embassy, the women went their separate ways.
Nina Khrushchev was guided through the Cézanne |
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| exhibition in the Belvedere by the Viennese city councillor for Cultural
Affairs Hans Mandl; Jackie Kennedy visited the Spanish Court Riding
School with Federal Chancellor Alfons Gorbach. When John F. Kennedy took
the Lincoln, Jackie was out in the Cadillac. |
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The Cadillac Fleetwood 75 was a special
design.
Of the extended version, a total of only about 1000 models were built.
The American embassy in Vienna acquired the vehicle especially for the
state visit of Kennedy. Also in the USA, Kennedy and his wife Jackie
preferred this special edition model. After Kennedy visited Vienna, the
Cadillac with the registration number W 700 remained with the U.S.
embassy until 1967, when it was sold to a private buyer. After that, the
vehicle changed ownesr another four times. For years it was then parked
in an underground car park on Reumannplatz, before the present owner
acquired it in 1989. This man does not actually care about old cars, but
he has a soft spot for President Kennedy – “womanising not included”, he
says.
(Michael Völker/AUTOMOBIL, 21.12.2001) |
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