During 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.

On 11 September 1949, referring to the prevailing Cold War climate, the Brussels periodical Le Phare Dimanche explains Europe’s dependence for its economic and military future on US foreign policy.

Am 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.

On 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.

On 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.

In 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.

‘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.

On 28 March 1950, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera comments on the Cold War tensions between the United States and the USSR and expresses its concern at the Soviet expansion policy.

On 1 November 1952, the first US H-bomb explodes on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean and strengthens the international supremacy of the United States in terms of weapons capability.

Am 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.

On 29 June 1944, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomes participants at the Bretton Woods (New Hampshire) Monetary Conference for the establishment of a new international monetary system.

On 1 July 1944, Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of the Treasury, outlines the issues to be discussed at the International Monetary Conference opening in Bretton Woods (New Hampshire).

Am 26. Januar 1949 kündigt die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde an, dass die Vereinigten Staaten den Weg des wirtschaftlichen Wohlstands eingeschlagen haben.

On 20 July 1944, the first Commission created by the Bretton Woods (New Hampshire) Conference gives a positive assessment of the work relating to the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

On 21 July 1944, the second Commission created by the Bretton Woods (New Hampshire) Monetary Conference adopts a report relating to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).

On 21 July 1944, during the Bretton Woods Conference, the report by Commission III outlines measures to strengthen international financial and monetary cooperation.

On 22 July 1944, in his closing address, Henry Morgenthau, Jr, US Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Bretton Woods Conference, welcomes the establishment of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

On 20 July 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, delegates from 44 countries sign agreements which establish the gold exchange standard and make the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold.

Nach der Währungskonferenz von Bretton Woods (New Hampshire) im Jahr 1944 hält John Maynard Keynes, weltbekannter Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Berater des britischen Finanzministeriums, ein Rede, in der er unterstreicht die dringende Notwendigkeit der baldigen Gründung einer internationalen Bank für Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung (IBRD).

On 7 March 1945, Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of the Treasury, outlines the economic and political importance of the Bretton Woods Agreements in an address to the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives in Washington.

Am 26. Juli 1945 kommentiert die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde die Ratifizierung der Währungsabkommen von Bretton Woods durch den amerikanischen Senat und beschreibt die herausragende Rolle des Dollar und der Vereinigten Staaten in dem neuen internationalen Währungssystem.