The Tehran Declaration Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met for the first time in Tehran, Iran (November 28-December 1, 1943) to discuss military operations against Germany and begin talks on postwar political issues.
The Yalta Agreement The conference at Yalta in the Crimea (February 4-11, 1945) brought together the Big Three Allied leaders. With victory close at hand, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt discussed Europe's postwar reorganization.
The Potsdam Agreement At the Potsdam Conference (July 17 to August 2, 1945) the Big Three Allied powers convened again to clarify and implement agreements reached at Yalta earlier that year.
The United Nations Charter The U.N. charter, its governing treaty, was drawn up in spring 1945 by 50 countries at a conference in San Francisco.
The Novikov Telegram The Soviet ambassador in Washington, Nikolai Novikov, drafted this telegram in September 1946 stressing the dangers of possible U.S. economic and military domination worldwide.
Kennan's "Long Telegram" George Frost Kennan, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, drafted his "long telegram" in February 1946 in response to an urgent request by the State Department for clarification of Soviet conduct.
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech In 1946, British statesman Winston Churchill warned of communist control of Eastern Europe during a speech in Fulton, Missouri.
The Marshall Plan Speech Speaking at Harvard's June 1947 commencement, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlined a program for European recovery that came to be known as the Marshall Plan. Poverty and unemployment would reinforce communism's appeal, he said, while recovery would create stability and thriving democratic institutions.
Truman Doctrine In this famous 1947 address to Congress, President Truman stressed the duty of the United States to combat totalitarian regimes worldwide.
Vyshinsky U.N. Address In this speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September 1947, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky outlined his government's interpretation of the Marshall Plan.