Debating the Origins of the Cold War: American and Russian Perspectives

• The American Perspective
• p. 1

• 1.
• The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941
• p. 65

• 2.
• "Comment on the Results of the Decisions Made at the Yalta Conference"
• p. 67

• 3.
• George F. Kennan's "Long Telegram," February 1946
• p. 69

• 4.
• Secretary of State James Byrnes's Speech in Stuttgart on Germany's Future, September 6, 1946
• p. 74

• 5.
• Speech by J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, at the Annual Convention of the American Legion in San Francisco, September 30, 1946
• p. 76

• 6.
• Henry A. Wallace's Speech in New York City, September 12, 1946
• p. 78

• 7.
• President Harry S. Truman's Speech to Congress, March 12, 1947
• p. 81

• The Russian Perspective
• p. 85

• 1.
• Stalin to "Politburo Four" ([Vyacheslav] Molotov, [Lavrenti] Beria, [Anastas] Mikoyan, and [Georgy] Malenkov), Ciphered [Coded] Telegram, December 9, 1945
• p. 155

• 2.
• A Compilation of [Written] Comments on Draft Treaties Regarding Demilitarization and Disarmament of Germany and Japan Proposed by [U.S. Secretary of State James] Byrnes, June 8, 1946
• p. 157

• 3.
• The [Nikolai] Novikov Report ["Telegram"]
• p. 160

• 4.
• The Minister of State Security Appeals for Measures to Close Down British Propaganda in the U.S.S.R.
• p. 165

• 5.
• Instructions for the Soviet Delegation to the Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Paris, June 25, 1947
• p. 167

• 6.
• Record of I[osef] V[issarionivich] Stalin's Conversation with the Czechoslovak Government Delegation on the Issue of Their Position Regarding the Marshall Plan and the Prospects for Economic Cooperation with the U.S.S.R.
• p. 169

• 7.
• Record of the Meeting of Comrade I[osef] V[issarionivich] Stalin with the Secretary of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party [Maurice] Thorez
• p. 173

• 8.
• Report by L. P. Beria and I. V. Kurchatov to I. V. Stalin on Preliminary Data Received during the Atomic Bomb Test
• p. 176

• Acknowledgments
• p. 179

• Selected Readings
• p. 183

• Index
• p. 187

• About the Authors
• p. 199