Nice to sit back and not be as involved for a bit! If it keeps going as it is then I doubt that'll stay like that for long. I know it's not his fault... But that George Kennan has caused a stir. Whether America did it on purpose or not, that telegram read exactly as the Americans wanted it to. Obviously I haven't heard all of it but America was saying this is about what it says:
- The USSR perceived itself at perpetual war with capitalism;
- The USSR viewed left-wing, but non-communist, groups in other countries as an even worse enemy of itself than the capitalist ones;
- The USSR would use controllable Marxists in the capitalist world as allies;
- Soviet aggression was not aligned with the views of the Russian people or with economic reality.
- The Soviet government's structure prohibited objective or accurate pictures of internal and external reality.
You think that would increase tensions? Well it did, alot. But then, as if that wasn't enough along comes the Novikov telegram!
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It reads exactly how the Russians want to. It says America is a threat to communism. Bit odd if you ask me... Then again, what do I know? I'm only a country.
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