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The Republic of Austria is reconstituted, with its 1937 borders, but divided into four zones of control: American, British, French, and Soviet.
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Chinese Civil War resumed between Communist and Nationalist forces.
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Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as Prime Minister.
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Joseph Stalin makes his Election Speech, in which he states that capitalism and imperialism make future wars inevitable.
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George F. Kennan writes his Long Telegram, describing his interpretation of the objectives and intentions of the Soviet leadership.
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British soldiers withdraw from their zone of occupation in southern Iran. Soviet soldiers remain in their northern sector.
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Winston Churchill warns of the descent of an Iron Curtain across Europe.
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Soviet forces evacuate Iran after a crisis.
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The Philippines gains independence from the United States, and begins fighting communist Huk rebels
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In a speech known as the Restatement of Policy on Germany in Stuttgart, James F. Byrnes, United States Secretary of State repudiates the Morgenthau Plan.
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In a referendum, Bulgaria votes for the establishment of a People's Republic, deposing King Simeon II. Western countries dismiss the vote as fundamentally flawed.
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Truman is presented with the Clifford-Elsey Report, a document which listed Soviet violations of agreements with the United States.
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Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov writes a response to Kennan's Long Telegram, known as the 'Novikov Telegram', in which he states that the United States are "striving for world supremacy".
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French landings in Indochina begin the First Indochina War.
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The American and British zones of control in Germany are united to form the Bizone also known as Bizonia.
