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Agreement for USSR to absorb part of eastern Poland while the latter would gain part of eastern Germany.
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Agreement between Stalin and Churchill for Britain to have 90% influence in Greece, USSR to have 90% influence in Romania and 75% in Bulgaria. (Not sure of exact date)
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US immediately imposed conditions of opening of Eastern Europe's markets to US manufactured products.
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Inclusion of London Poles inside Lublin Committee, democratic elections to be held. Stalin signed the Declaration of Liberated Europe which pledged free elections and democratic institutions.
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Soviet troops remained in Iran and encouraged separatist movements n the northern provinces of Azerbajian and Kurdistan. US saw this as an attempt to create a sphere of influence on USSR's southern perimeter.
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Truman offered Stalin information about the bomb in return for the reorganisation of Soviet-controlled governments in Bulgaria and Romania. Accelerated start of nuclear arms race.
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Loan mysteriously lost by US State Department. Caused USSR to think that US was insincere in cooperation,
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Soviet troops moved across the Russian border into North Korea to take over from the Japanese.
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In response to dollar diplomacy by US. Crucial to the economic rehabilation of the World economy.
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Kennan saw the Soviet leadership as suspicious and aggressive. Given this outlook, he believes that there could be no compromise with USSR. It was the decisive factor in Truman administration's change of course to a policy of firmness towards the USSR.
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Opinions aired in public for the first time, hardening the attitude of the American public.
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Possible date for start of economic schism.
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A justification of US perception of the Soviets.
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US decided to aid Germany in its economic recovery. Thus reparations to US haled and Britain and US agreed to merge their zones to form the Bizone.
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This plan concerned the frequent inspection of atomic energy installations in UN member states part of the effort to regulate American atomic capability.
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First American Declaration of its intention to contain communism. Laid the foundation for Marshall Plan.
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Created to contain communism and to create a captive European market for American goods.Soviets were willing to cooperate initially as seen by the sending of a 100-en delegation headed by Molotov to participate in discussion of the plan. However, US insistence for Soviets to give up elusive control of their own economy was unacceptable to USSR. Thus USSR saw this as an attempt to create an American economic empire in Eastern Europe. Resulted in creation of
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A Soviet reaction to the creation of the Deutsch Mark. Russia blocked the roads and rail routes to Berlin. It ended any hope of agreement between East and West over Germany. Its partition was a microcosm of the division in Europe.
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An expansion of an already existing military agreement between the European countries. It was nothing more than a political organisation until the Korean War of 1950.
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A mutual defense treaty signed by 8 communist states in Central and Eastern Europe in response to West Germany joining NATO