HIST 2C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: X Article, Propaganda In The Soviet Union, Appeasement
Document Summary
Telegram written by george kennan to the department of states in 1946. Detailed his view on the soviet union and us policy towards communism. Projection in practical policy on official elvel. Practical deductions from standpoint of us policy. States how the ussr fears western capitalism and the freedom it would give to its people. The soviet union could not be reasoned with due to its paranoid leadership, ideologies, and how ussr represented the west as corrupt and evil. Everything must be done to advance relative strength of ussr as factor in international society. Conversely, no opportunity must be missed to reduce strength and influence, collectively, as well as individually, of capitalist powers . States how the ussr was determined to spread communism globally as a way to deal with the threat capitalism posed to communism. In doing so, it would prevent western ideas from infiltrating communist countries.
