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15 Mar	Opening of the United Nations Ten-Power Disarmament Committee negotiations in Geneva. Communist states withdraw on 27 June.
1 May	American U2 aircraft is shot down over Soviet territory.
19 May	French, United Kingdom and United States Foreign Ministers report to the North Atlantic Council on the breakdown of the Paris Summit meeting with the participation of the USSR on 16 May. Additional information: NATO Press Releases: Meeting of the Permanent Council
27 May	Military coup détat in Turkey.
23 Sept	Khrushchev attends the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York.
10 Nov	Summit meeting in Moscow of the Communist leaders of 81 countries. Approval of Khrushchevs concept of peaceful coexistence.
14 Dec	Convention for the Establishment of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in place of the OEEC signed by 18 European countries and the United States and Canada. Australia, New Zealand and Japan subsequently join the Organisation.