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Tehran Conference
Agreement for USSR to absorb part of eastern Poland while the latter would gain part of eastern Germany. -
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Origins of Cold War
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Percentages Agreement
Agreement between Stalin and Churchill for Britain to have 90% influence in Greece, USSR to have 90% influence in Romania and 75% in Bulgaria. (Not sure of exact date) -
USSR's request for $6 billion loan from US
US immediately imposed conditions of opening of Eastern Europe's markets to US manufactured products. -
Yalta Conference
Inclusion of London Poles inside Lublin Committee, democratic elections to be held. Stalin signed the Declaration of Liberated Europe which pledged free elections and democratic institutions. -
Soviet troops in Iran
Soviet troops remained in Iran and encouraged separatist movements n the northern provinces of Azerbajian and Kurdistan. US saw this as an attempt to create a sphere of influence on USSR's southern perimeter. -
Potsdam Conference
Truman offered Stalin information about the bomb in return for the reorganisation of Soviet-controlled governments in Bulgaria and Romania. Accelerated start of nuclear arms race. -
$1 billion loan from US to USSR
Loan mysteriously lost by US State Department. Caused USSR to think that US was insincere in cooperation, -
Soviet troops in Korea
Soviet troops moved across the Russian border into North Korea to take over from the Japanese. -
Soviet failure to join IMF and World Bank
In response to dollar diplomacy by US. Crucial to the economic rehabilation of the World economy. -
Kennan's Long Telegramme
Kennan saw the Soviet leadership as suspicious and aggressive. Given this outlook, he believes that there could be no compromise with USSR. It was the decisive factor in Truman administration's change of course to a policy of firmness towards the USSR. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Opinions aired in public for the first time, hardening the attitude of the American public. -
Soviet loans stopped
Possible date for start of economic schism. -
Clifford-Elsey Report
A justification of US perception of the Soviets. -
Change in US occupation policy in Germany
US decided to aid Germany in its economic recovery. Thus reparations to US haled and Britain and US agreed to merge their zones to form the Bizone. -
Baruch Plan
This plan concerned the frequent inspection of atomic energy installations in UN member states part of the effort to regulate American atomic capability. -
Truman Doctrine
First American Declaration of its intention to contain communism. Laid the foundation for Marshall Plan. -
Marshall Plan
Created to contain communism and to create a captive European market for American goods.Soviets were willing to cooperate initially as seen by the sending of a 100-en delegation headed by Molotov to participate in discussion of the plan. However, US insistence for Soviets to give up elusive control of their own economy was unacceptable to USSR. Thus USSR saw this as an attempt to create an American economic empire in Eastern Europe. Resulted in creation of
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The Berlin Blockade
A Soviet reaction to the creation of the Deutsch Mark. Russia blocked the roads and rail routes to Berlin. It ended any hope of agreement between East and West over Germany. Its partition was a microcosm of the division in Europe. -
NATO
An expansion of an already existing military agreement between the European countries. It was nothing more than a political organisation until the Korean War of 1950. -
Warsaw Pact
A mutual defense treaty signed by 8 communist states in Central and Eastern Europe in response to West Germany joining NATO