22 Feb 1946 Jahr - long telegram

Beschreibung:

8000 word telegram written by george kennan to washington dc

explained soviet behaviour

outlined strategies to maintain relations with the ussr

written as a response to the us treasury departments request to the state department to explain why the ussr was disinclined to support the international monetary fund and the world bank

suspicious and aggressive nature of the soviet leadrship was inherent

root cause of russian neurotic view of worldly affairs was the traditional russian sense of insecurity

us concessions would not change aggressive beahaviour

soviets would do all they could to strengthen the socialist bloc

soviets would seek to undermine stronger wetsern powers and topple their governments

western nations must unit in a cohesive bloc led by the us to contain ussr aggaression

us:

received the long telegram happily

appointed as the state departments first director of policy planning

worked with secreatary george c marshall in us policy making during containment and the creation of the marshall plan

HOWEVER

overestimated moscows ability to dominate and manipulate foreign communist parties

too much weight accorded to the role of ideology in soviet intentions, resulting in the image of soviet inflexibility and single-mindedness

ussr on the other hand had revealed considerate flexibility in compromising with the west

did not make a distinction between eastern europe and the rest of europe where soviet policy was restrained and concilatory

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