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Truman - Foreign Policy 1945-53
- Truman and the Potsdam Conference, July 1945
- 16th July 1945 - America successfully tested the world's first
atomic bomb, Truman informed Stalin of this development
- Agreements at Potsdam
- To divide Germany and Berlin
- to demilitarise Germany
- to re-establish democracy in Germany including free
elections, a free pass & freedom of speech
- Germany had to pay reperations
- to participate fully in the UN
- Disagreements at Potsdam
- What to do about Germany
- about free elections - Truman wanted free
elections in the countries of Eastern Europe
occupied by Soviet troops
- George Kenan's long telegram
- crucial in encouraging a hostile relationship
with the USSR
- continuation of the Traditional Russian policy of hostility
towards the outside world
- Soviet Leaders felt threatened because the West was
more advanced
- The Soviet government was determined to expand
and must be stopped
- Developed the idea of CONTAINMENT - the USA should use
all means possible to stop the expansion of the USSR
- The Truman Doctrine