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| 1958, March 28 |
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| The Bundestag, after a heated debate, approved the government's atomic armament policy, and rejected a Soviet offer of a peace treaty and reunification with East Germany. | 1 |
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| Nov. 27 |
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| Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev's demand that the four-power occupation of Berlin be terminated created tension, which was eased by the visits of Soviet deputy premier A. I. Mikoyan to Washington (Jan. 4–19, 1959) and British prime minister Harold Macmillan to Moscow (Feb. 21–Mar. 3, 1959). | 2 |
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| Dec. 14 |
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| The foreign ministers of Britain, France, and the United States reasserted their determination to maintain their rights and duties in West Berlin, including the “right of free access,” and rejected Soviet proposals for the demilitarization of the city. On Dec. 31 they called for talks on Berlin within the context of German unity and European security. | 3 |
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