AQA 2024
A-level
HISTORY
7042/2R
Component 2R The Cold War, c1945–
1991
Question paper and Mark scheme
Merged
,A-level
HISTORY
Component 2R The Cold War, c1945–1991
Friday 7 June 2024 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7042/2R.
• Answer three questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer two questions.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
• You are advised to spend about:
– 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A
– 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B.
IB/M/Jun24/G4006/E2 7042/2R
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From a speech to the American people, broadcast on American radio and television, by
Leonid Brezhnev, 24 June 1973. Brezhnev was the first Soviet leader to address the
American public.
I would like to convey the feelings of the Soviet people who are looking forward to the
summit meeting between myself and President Nixon and hoping it will make a fruitful
contribution to better relations between our countries. I came to this country anticipating
negotiations about major questions, and these hopes were satisfied. Agreements have
been signed to broaden the sphere of peaceful cooperation. You Americans are aware 5
that in the past, relations between our countries developed very unevenly. There were
periods of stagnation and there were ups and downs. A lot has been done to develop
Soviet-American relations. Yet we are still only at the beginning of a long road. Constant
care is needed to develop the new shoots of good relationships. I believe those who
support a radical improvement in relations can be optimistic, for this objective meets the 10
vital interests of both our nations. Mankind has outgrown the rigid restrictions of the
Cold War. People want to live peacefully and breathe freely.
Source B
From a diplomatic report to the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko from
Anatoly Dobrynin, 11 July 1978. Dobrynin was Soviet Ambassador to the United States.
Soviet-American relations since Carter took office in 1977 have been characterised by
instability. American beliefs in support of détente are associated with a simple
conviction: détente lessens the threat of confrontation and nuclear war with the
Soviet Union. The Carter administration has developed a half-hearted conception of
détente. Détente is seen as important and necessary in support of the national interests 5
of the US, such as problems associated with war and peace, limitation of strategic
weapons and a total ban on nuclear tests. Carter has come to realise a deterioration in
relations would cause deep alarm amongst the American population and for him it would
be a political loss, representing a catastrophe in the 1980 presidential elections. A
different concept of détente is applied to other issues, such as human rights, and in other 10
areas, such as in Africa and the Middle East, however much the Carter administration
denies that it is supporting a return to the Cold War.
IB/M/Jun24/7042/2R
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