Composite Image, Stalin, Truman, Churchill at Potsdam, NSC 68.   About the Collection   For over four decades of the twentieth century, a condition of Cold War and intense enmity between two super powers dominated the world stage. International relations everywhere and domestic policy in numerous nations pivoted around the American-Soviet rivalry. The 57 documents (approximately 632 pages) in this research file highlight the ideals that formed the basis of American policy toward the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1952. Also included are oral histories, photographs, biographies, a chronology, and lesson plans. Supporting material available on www.trumanlibrary.org include research files on the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, and United Nations. Collection Search:				Profiles Dean G. Acheson Under Secretary of State, 1945-1947 Secretary of State, 1949-1953 Profile Charles Bohlen Counselor, Department of State, 1947-1953 Ambassador, Soviet Union, 1953-1957 Profile Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1940-1945, 1951-1955 Profile Clark M. Clifford Assistant Naval Aide to the President, 1945-1946 Naval Aide to the President, 1946 Special Counsel to the President, 1946-1950 Profile George M. Elsey Assistant to the Special Counsel to the President, 1947-1949 Administrative Assistant to the President, 1949-1951 Assistant to the Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1951-1953 Profile W. Averell Harriman U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1943-1946 U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1946 Secretary of Commerce, 1946-1948 U.S. representative in Europe under the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, with rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 1948-1950 Special Assistant to the President, 1950-1951 U.S. representative on North Atlantic Treaty Organization committee to study Western defense plans, 1951 Director of the Mutual Security Agency, 1951-1953 Profile George F. Kennan Sends "Long Telegram" from Embassy in Moscow, February, 1946 Wrote an anonymous article in Foreign Affairs magazine, signed "X", advocating a policy of "containment", July, 1947 Director, Policy Planning Staff, State Department, 1948-1949 United States Ambassador in Moscow, 1952 Profile George C. Marshall Secretary of State, 1947-1949 Secretary of Defense, 1950-1951 Profile Vyacheslav Molotov Foreign Minister, Soviet Union, 1939-1949 Profile Paul H. Nitze Deputy Director, Office of International Trade Policy, State Department, 1946 Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff, State Department, 1949 Director, Policy Planning Staff, State Department, 1950-1953 Profile Joseph Stalin General Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party, Soviet Union, 1922-1953 Profile Harry S. Truman President of the United States, 1945-1953 Profile

• Return to Truman Library home page