1. 1.3 Debrief

2. Cold War 1.3 Casablanca—January 1943 Cairo and Teheran—November 1943
Yalta—February 1945
Potsdam—August 1945
Long Telegram
Iron Curtain Speech
Stalin’s response
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan

3. Long Telegram—February 1946
Clifford-Elsey Report—American Relations with the Soviet Union
Requested by Truman July 1946
Report on Soviet relations and their disregard for post war agreements
Translated the Long Telegram in to concrete policy recommendations
Also ended up stressing importance of informed public
Input from Kennan
Given to Truman in September

4. Timeline Check Long Telegram—February 1946
Iron Curtain Speech—March 1946
Clifford-Elsey Report—September 1946
Novikov Telegram—September
Truman Doctrine—March 1947
Marshall Plan—June 1947
The Sources of Soviet Conduct July 1947
Czechoslovak coup—February 1948
the US provided $13.2 billion to 17 countries that accepted the Marshall Plan.

5. Novikov Telegram
Nikolai Novikov, Soviet Ambassador to the US, send a telegram to Soviet leadership on September
He described the advent of a more assertive US foreign policy and cautions that Truman is bent on imposing US political, military, and economic domination around the world.

6. The Sources of Soviet Conduct
Published in Foreign Affairs magazine July 1947
Written by Kennan under the pseudonym Mr. X
Started as private report to Secretary of Defense
Proved to be the public face of American foreign policy in the Cold War
Kennan felt misunderstood

7. “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”
Why would Kennan write this article?
How do you think it will be interpreted by the American people?