The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine
TextThe Truman Doctrine
Letter from Harry S. Truman to James F. Byrnes (5 Janurary 1946)
TextOn 5 January 1946, US President Harry S. Truman sends a letter to his Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, who is on a visit to Moscow, in which he criticises Soviet Union policy in the European countries under Soviet influence.
Address given by Harry Truman to the US Congress (12 March 1947)
TextOn 12 March 1947, US President Harry Truman delivers an address to US Congress in which he sets out the general direction of US foreign policy.
'The sources of Soviet conduct' from Foreign Affairs (July 1947)
TextIn July 1947, George Frost Kennan, US Ambassador to Moscow, anonymously publishes in the US journal Foreign Affairs a damning indictment of Soviet international policy and diplomatic practices.
Cartoon by Woop on the containment policy of US President Harry S. Truman (20 March 1948)
Bild‘Ruler and Compass’. On 20 March 1948, cartoonist Woop illustrates the objective of US foreign policy, which, since the address given by US President Harry S. Truman to Congress on 12 March 1947, has sought to contain Soviet expansion in the world.
Letter from Jean Monnet to Robert Schuman (18 April 1948)
TextDuring a visit to the United States in April 1948, Jean Monnet sends a letter to Robert Schuman in which he confirms the United States’ desire to help with the reconstruction of Western Europe in order to curb Soviet expansion.
"Eine neue Konstruktion" in Le Monde (5. Novembrer 1949)
TextAm 5. November 1949 untersucht die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde, welche Auswirkungen für Europa die in Paris geplanten Gespräche zwischen dem amerikanischen Außenstaatssekretär Dean Acheson, dem britischen Außenminister Ernest Bevin und seinem französischen Amtskollegen Robert Schuman haben werden.
"Der Tod Harry Trumans" in Le Monde (28. Dezember 1972)
TextAm 26. Dezember 1972 berichtet die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde auf ihrer Titelseite über den Tod des ehemaligen Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten, Harry S. Truman, und schildert den Werdegang des Begründers der sogenannten "Truman-Doktrin" sowie seine kompromisslose Politik gegenüber der Sowjetunion.