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- 1995 Dec 4 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with George McKee Elsey, advisor to US President Harry S Truman, and member of White House Staff, 1947-1953, relating to US, British and Soviet talks on the future boundaries of East European states, Potsdam, Germany, 17 Jul-2 Aug 1945; US use of nuclear weapons against Japan, Aug 1945; the development of US policy towards Soviet Union during the term of President Truman, including the significance of the 'long telegram', analysis if Soviet policy in the light of Russian history by George F Kennan, US Embassy, Moscow, Feb 1946, and the Clifford Elsey Report on US Soviet relations, Sep 1946; fears of Soviet influence in western Europe following World War 2; bipartisan support in US congress for the policy of military and economic aid for any country threatened by Communism, Mar 1947 (Truman Doctrine), and for the Marshall Plan, the US European Recovery Program, 1948; Truman's assessment of the communist threat in the US; US reaction to the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China under a communist regime, Oct 1949; and the campaign against alleged communists and communist sympathisers in US society instigated by Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy, 1950-1954, (McCarthyism). 32pp
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