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Postwar Estrangement
The Western democracies and the Soviet Union discussed the
progress of World War II and the nature of the postwar settlement
at conferences in Tehran (1943), Yalta (February 1945), and
Potsdam (July-August 1945). After the war, disputes between the
Soviet Union and the Western democracies, particularly over the
Soviet takeover of East European states, led Winston Churchill
to warn in 1946 that an "iron curtain" was descending through the
middle of Europe. For his part, Joseph Stalin deepened the
estrangement between the United States and the Soviet Union when
he asserted in 1946 that World War II was an unavoidable and
inevitable consequence of "capitalist imperialism" and implied
that such a war might reoccur.
The Cold War was a period of East-West competition, tension,
and conflict short of full-scale war, characterized by mutual
perceptions of hostile intention between military-political
alliances or blocs. There were real wars, sometimes called
"proxy wars" because they were fought by Soviet allies rather
than the USSR itself -- along with competition for influence in
the Third World, and a major superpower arms race.
After Stalin's death, East-West relations went through
phases of alternating relaxation and confrontation, including a
cooperative phase during the 1960s and another, termed dtente,
during the 1970s. A final phase during the late 1980s and early
1990s was hailed by President Mikhail Gorbachev, and especially
by the president of the new post-Communist Russian republic,
Boris Yeltsin, as well as by President George Bush, as beginning
a partnership between the two states that could address many
global problems.
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People's Commissariat Ref. No. 9299 TOP SECRET
for Foreign Affairs Rec'd 2:00 Jun 16 1945 Copying
Department 10 Sent 4:30 Jun 16 1945 Prohibited
Spec. No. 1729
CIPHERED TELEGRAM
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Destination: Washington To whom: Soviet Ambassador Copy 1
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OUTSIDE CHANNELS
Priority
In the message of June 15 to Comrade Stalin, Truman reported
the June 15 departure of Sun-Tzi Ven from the USA for Moscow via
Chungking. .... Truman also reported that Hurly, the American
ambassador to Chungking, was instructed to support Soviet proposals
in this connection.
Give Truman the following messsage from Comrade Stalin:
"PERSONAL AND TOP SECRET FROM PREMIER J. V. STALIN
TO MR. PRESIDENT H. TRUMAN
Received your message concerning preparation of a Soviet-
Chinese Accord and your instructions to Mr. Hurly. Thank you for
the measures you have taken.
June 15, 1945."
Confirm execution by telegraph.
M O L O T O V
copies to:
1. Comrade STALIN
2. Comrade MOLOTOV
3. DEPARTMENT 10 For information to comrades: Vyshinskii,
Dekanozov.
True copy: [illegible initials]
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TRANSLATOR'S COMMENTS: The original handwritten text of the
telegram to Truman is presented on leaf B-12-17-b.