1946 ⟶ Byrnes' Stuttgart Speech Rejects Morgenthau Plan
In a speech known as the Restatement of Policy on Germany in...
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🇺🇸 Truman Becomes President
Roosevelt dies; Vice President Harry S. Truman takes over with little knowledge of current diplomatic efforts, no knowledge of the atomic bomb, and a bias against Russia.⟶
United StatesTrumanPresidentLeadershipCold War OriginsDiplomacyAtomic BombPost-WarForeign Policy
🗣️ Byrnes' Stuttgart Speech Rejects Morgenthau Plan
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. He states the US intention to keep troops in Europe indefinitely and expresses US approval of the territorial annexation of 29% of pre-war Germany, but does not condone further claims.⟶
GermanyPost-War PolicyOccupationUnited StatesDiplomacyCold War OriginsMorgenthau Plan
📜 Truman Receives Clifford-Elsey Report
Harry S. Truman is presented with the Clifford-Elsey Report, a document which lists Soviet violations of agreements with the United States.⟶
United StatesSoviet UnionDiplomacyCold War OriginsIntelligenceReportPolicy
✉️ Novikov Telegram Criticizes US Ambitions
Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov writes a response to Kennan's Long Telegram, known as the 'Novikov Telegram', in which he states that the United States were "striving for world supremacy".⟶
Soviet UnionUnited StatesCold War OriginsTelegramPropagandaIdeologyGeopolitics
🤝 US Establishes Diplomatic Relations with West Germany
The United States begins formal diplomatic relations with West Germany, followed soon after by the United Kingdom and France.⟶
Cold WarUnited StatesGermanyDiplomacyWest GermanyEuropeAlliances