---
category: Diplomacy
date: 1960
location: Paris, France
summary: 1960 summit between Eisenhower and Khrushchev that collapsed after the U-2
  Incident, derailing a potential US-Soviet detente.
tags:
- Event
- Diplomacy
---

The Paris Summit Meeting was scheduled for a few weeks after the [U-2 Incident](/events/u-2-incident/) in May 1960, but was ruined by [Nikita Khrushchev](/people/nikita-khrushchev/)'s rage at the incident, which caught the White House in a series of lies. This event led [Eisenhower](/people/dwight-d-eisenhower/) to order an end to all reconnaissance flights over [Russia](/places/russia/).[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 6.