Consequences

• Berlin is physically divided
• The free access from East to West Berlin is ended
• Many families in Berlin are split
• The flow of refugees has almost stopped
• Kennedy accept the Soviet action , although it broke the four-power agreement on Berlin
• Kennedy refuses the proposals fro the US troops to tear down the Wall , fearing that it was likely to provoke armed conflict
• Kennedy had to accept that it made him look weak
• Khrushchev lost face by failing to remove the Western power from Berlin
• Khrushchev believed that Kennedy's response showed that he was weak
• East-West relations's tension has increased . Both sides started to test mor powerful nuclear weapons