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    Telegram, George Kennan to George Marshall ["Long Telegram"],February 22, 1946. Harry S. Truman Administration File, ElseyPapers.

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    Iapolog:i,21,e in B . d vance tor th1.fi I bUl'ldtenj:ng oftelograpttie: 'cba:nnal j 'but qU(!)St,iOfiS 1nvolliladl ar'Gl or' suclllWsent im;p,ortu.nee ~ pa1",tieula.rly !_nv lal~ .or _l"9cen'~even.t,s ~ :tha..t oW?anfj,'tJarS to, tbG'rn,: if the'!" lie:SfJl''jJ t att~ n .. .t10n at aiLl, fileem to, me to d,~serv,e ,1t alt once , ' t. ! .~ l m . R EFO LLOWS P AH.T O Im : BAS ,le FEA"roRES O F P 08 'T '\,::l'IR 50i,]:!T'O UT LO OK ., ~A S F 'u~ :F 'O :R l!.~R lD B Y OFF IC IA L, PR OPA .G ANn~ .M A:(l,H lIf .EAREAS FOLLGU3:(A ) U83Rs.t!11 11\We in !:aiD ts:gonistio ~r'ca.pib ~1.1st,e.nc.irclement Ulwi th. uh1'oh :liJl th.0 lOllS run.. tllal'l(9.'.ca~l be .

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    't~Bl~ ,pl"o,vl"(ulj~st1f'1ea:tl,on,i'orlha,t 1ne'~a.q$~ otmlll'tarr ,QDd po,llee:. pO,l1'el" 'o,r RusalulJt:8.ta .. tor that1,e:o~1Q;t1onof' Rue::s:t&npnpula.t1anf"lo,om out;g,ide world.. ,and. r 0 l ' " tbat J"lu1d ,Bud eonstlmtp!'saSWl"9 to exte:nd J.1m1ta(J,t R I;I l$Jlan police :POlle'l' wh i ch '9.l'eto\g,ethe~ th a l!I9.tvaJ.ami .1nstlnc t1 VB ur',ses of" Rliss,lan l'Ul;ii":9,. ,Ba::l1callJ"~h1,s If;1only the ,ste&dyadvaDce of' 1U.JlQ'asyRussian -,m Lt . .: to J :J< . tl ll :sm , . a ,centUJ:l'iesoldl l U . o v e : I D S n t 1n llb1eh ' c : o n , " "e~ptlon$ or offie'p'I!El'Bnd d9.rensaiB~~ :t~~1eablJ' 0'0.0-:tuaed." But 10 1l,9V 8 \ 1 1 , 9 1 1 9 0f Internat:lonal ,1fa;r;x1am",nth1t,R honeyed, prom1,:3,ea, to A desperate ,end lU'L!" tOl"lt out.Ide'worl.d." l;t, 1s DtO:pe; drul,ge'l"o.usmld. Insidious t ' .han. eve1"be,rare,.l't dl.Qul(ll not be thought fl'!,omaboveiths;t Soviet. party line 18neicessa:.t"11~ dl,s.1ngenuouo end. 1osmc,e.re

    '0'0 part of'all tllo,B'ewhQ pu:t 1t ro~WW"d ~ o ,t tlHIm8l'19 too 19n,(lpant or outs,ide 'Wo'rld and mentall!, toode,pend,ent to qU~ist100. (it) gelf:"-~;t:1Bm.;, oodi _()~Wno d1:ff.1c,ult;r .meking tbemse'l.ves believe vb8t they ftDd.it eomfom'ltlnB M.d con,'I1eru.entto beI1'eve. F'l-nslly we .ha,ve tho ~Ql'VEl'Il my,e,tery 8S 't'I)w:bo',," i,ta'Dyane ~ :in thisgNlBt Innd Qo'b.m].ly' :rec'01Vfi'$1B1C"!l1il.VEl't~and unbio."ed: :h lf 'o :r-m B :t1on. about outa,1;().'0' vorl,d..;. In a :tm o sph e re otoP1~ut81 ~,.,el""tlmne'B,S ana con9J1)1raeywh1eh :p~~vade8this gOV@Il"nm.ent.. poatJi1b1:l1.tiee fo,r dlsto;;otlng o;rPQl;li!iou1~ ,1!!:~e0S and c~'enta or inf,orm.at1'oQ are: bD if ': 1n :1 'te . . The veF'Y d1a:re,l9pec't of Ruag,l,lms :ro:r ,objeotl.ft: 't,pu,'th--,",inttat;!ld." ,the1'p d1:a,~1.1,~f' in, ita ex18ten:ee---leadl;sthemtol vl.rt!

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    PAR I fillftil8 :PR:(lJICPl.1J:OW m~S011IET. O T : : r f L O D E INF iRAO I J'I CU ,P 'Q _L II CY ON OFF l:O ll-lL l !} ' ~VEL,We ilavsn01;1 S0El'D.11B., ture ,lwd 'ba,Q:kSl"oun,dof: So,vie,t'progrtlflh lIhat msy we expeot br way nf Its PI'&ct,lcal:1mpi'9u.:nte.tlo:n? .S,Qv1e.t pol.loy l a o a DepeJ!o't:J::nnt~pl1e,a In ,:!:,ts grlltU?;Junde'l' r'et 'e.;, ' iance, is o"ondl l ,c 'Ged ' :>1) tv'o p'lan.e::;:; , (ODe) 'ofi'1,c ls1 pla;ne 'l;'Ipr.eset.....edb:u I i : ! otlons, undertaken Q,tl'.i,e.iallyin~ of Soviet G,ovel"Dm(Ult 1 , and (two) BubtwPaill.e.abplq.e! of ,actions undertaken bye,genoia's r'ar wieh Sovie,t.Gove : rmaan t doe:9 D'D,t ~it ~espon3,ihlllt1.Po;ll,e:y lJ(('m!Ju,lg~te,d on bo,th :ll~uleHl will be 0&1...eul~'t0d t.o, serve ti6S1.C :pollie1e:s, (A ) to (D) , outl1n,e.a;,in P!Ll't, 'ODl,., A'cti.on,s taken, on ,~Uf.f:6,r;entp.l,Booa nldifter 'ccms1.d~r'@bly.IIbut, will ,dOl ata11 1rl,.'to 'G'Ben. otho~

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    base at' 'G11>:1'a l tBl . ' " stl.'!p;;it might be activated... But" suchclams,' w1:1'1'Bpp:e3V en "ofTlc.tal laml ,anl",.lthen unof'f'icialpl'ep81"'Bt,lo'n 19 e'MDP1Qiite +(C') Rll~a1sin! WillpaJli-tio1:pata ,of.r1(d.eJI~::til. 'in.ternat1'onal 'Ol'gant3at1oD;S lfhe~~ehey' ~ee oppor'tUl(li~y

    of extending ~h)vi.Bt'po'wei!,O!' o . r Inh1blt,lng 1JlI' ,dilutingpo ,we r' o '. fO I t, be :r: r; I, .,MIHlIt: o,.,9 / Ie ~ In DU i"O ~o,t 't hf! ! mechan . :l .eMrQ~ Iipel l .mtmant and s{:abla w'.I:;rldso,olety .f:ouJ'l,.d,ed onmutul 1n,ter1e',s.t an!!' aims or all ootl0ns.. but an &liens.in which. ,e.:lm~,nat ment.1oood! can be 1"avorabily pursued.,A,g, long; ,as no 1~"1e.onslde:rradl heJrj9' t0 sarv,~ thi.a pur:pO:f;I '6', ' .S,ovie l t :EI , w111 'rerA,;tn '11th 1t.. . But .if a t Q .n J ' t:im~ th'el .come t,O eonelua1.mlthat .it .i.s soer'v1ng to' ,em.bo;l"a:sG or'hu.st;pa.te thel1" .r:"i..wS f'Oil."POV@l'! G'xpEmt!ion. a nd if they',seebette1'l pFcB.peo ta i " C l < l ( I !plu:~~nlt, ot' the:sa ,aims ,alongo;thelr. .linelS II' ~~heY'l\1111nat ~~,es1,a;t,s t,o ab~lldo.ntJ.JO.i!b.1.s 'vaula inr9~y.~ll!O'U9V,er" tlmt the" f:alt them,s,e,lvea,stl'l(mg fi'nQugjl. t,o, ~'pl:l."t un! tJ" ot' ,ot.her' na.t1ons by t.h.&1J:'.'vithdr',8vn1.l' tOI lI'an.\@l! DBO 1ne'ff '~Cit,1.\1' l: l ' a.e!,e, thPea,t totheir'. ,aim's'"or :seicU'ity", a_n,dto l"opll3lfN9 itw1th an inter ...'QBt :1OMI U9'8iPOn MOl',1] eff0,ctj.v,e' from 1,heir v .1 eV P 'o:f,'o t. . .'lhu ~',So,v1a:t attl,! tw_'e toward UNO'W11l depend l~gel:u o,nlCJ;v.al.ty- (.,t ,o,tbel" ,[Ill t iDi"l:S to 1 t.j and on degree '0r vlgor ,jdeei.sl V@nBS3 and c:,rJl(l'sicfJil i~1h vb1ehtb0~f.! nat,l,onsd,eCend in DN.lJtbe V si)etul and. hopeful com;:ept, 0.'1.1ntema'~1ional l~!e;Jmlch_ t~e.t ,or,g,~ni.z~.!l~n__ i "e~ 'as:Bnta .to, 'Q'W' '\1,8,. of' thll1.1':-.ng.. I r'e,lterate;j. Nosco,yMS. noab:a.t,l'$.ct ,a .evo' t : lon. : e : o UN O 1~a.l9 '. I'tis a:t'tl tude t,o thatOl"g8Lllj' zOl,tlo~,llI'ill l:~um:i:n Elssentla.lly p' l ' f i l ,mQt1.o andt~ot1eBl.

    ('D,) !lo,w~rdcoloJ\\~l aran.s , fJod be.e~\T(aF~(W d,sp011clet.ntpe,o',plesJ Sovl.et policy, even. 0 0 1 1 of'flc1a.l pLan,e", ,'1.111be dbeote,d. tO~rS;rd iIl"~1\knirlg of pO''U'fl\r and "intlioonce &n.-ol,o:ontacti2 of ,edvnn,ced ' \:ea.ts'vn natione-l!' . o n . tbe,ol.'"Y tbie.t"ill. ,8,0 :far , Q , f I l , t1:l,l,5pol J.Oi' 1,s a,ltC oe:a :3 ru1:J ' t..be~e wl11 bsc.l"eated. 9. vaetl!wl. ,~b.lcl.J., v,111 f'nvot" ('Hllim,lm'!.lilt ...30v1:i5l"1#'pen&'tJl'latl'on'li Uov'iet ~lila.ssW:iletar pwt1.clpatloin. intfi!lli8'tel ship .8.l"l.!'a.ngem,}'tS tlllilliif3 raJwi~e,n iS. , :lnlq" oplDlo.nJlB desil"'s' to be ,in".~ p,,:.d.t,ioll tQoofnp11,c~t~tlnd. 1nh...1'b!0x,e:rtlO'II: of. l i1\i l iSt'FlI '11. ;t.1~_f.luance G it iilliuchpoints :l"Iathe!' t.hn.nto ppo\T1de~j(lli c}l,anll-al.ifor.e:;ert1ng of' ,S~vlet pOYlDti.

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    (E,) ,EVet7th1n.g po:s,slb!lQI vUl be. done tQ .Bet majorve's te'rD: pOllD.a AS.ins,t ea.cb (I'thel". Ant;1 ...B,p1l ah talk -.' Wi:!'l ibB pluggedsDl'IJDg Am.srl 'o:a .ns.~, 8D:fil, ..Am.e1'1.ean talkamong B~1,tlah .. C'ontineD.tels, i'D.oludingG&r_n:s" 'w111be taught to abhor both Angl_O ...SaxOll pm.J.8rs~ 'Where SUB'~''jplclaIlS exist" they.nIl. b'a fanned; where no,t~ ignited ..Ifo erf'OI:'t lr7c'.l be 9pare,d to, d1.acred1 tandl combat, -a.ll,effort.s 'Vhl.chtblP8a;ten ~o l,ea'd to an)" 8,(lI~t of' W!l1tJ' '01"oOOe'sl'o,n among otbeJ:" 1 ( " - ) rrom w1ah ,R:uss1.a,m.1gh.t bel,e,x'cluded. -rllUSJ. al~ ro,ms O'.t Interuatlon81 ollg8ntzat;1onnot amenabJe to,' cODmluni,st ~De(trat,1(1'n and ce,n,&lIo, l j l"whBthrGl" it be the Ca.thelia, " * ) .1ntEll'bD,tloMl, '6'0 onomi,cl!)onQerns,. ,or tbe interna:t1oD.al. 1"I'a,tel'D.if:;J (Jt '1"07&.1}'"-,and ar18 tocrac:y It mus.t expe'Qt to find tbemsll Ve sundert~ t'rom. man,.~,and often I (*) . ,, Ur} In general" ,all So,v;l,etefforts, om UDoff'J.o1Bl.,international pl,ge w,Ul 00' neg~tl''V8.and des'true't.l ve,in c.h-ar:acter .., desIgned to tear' QCJWIl 8,ource'~of' etre'agthbe! 'yoD..d .reacher Bo'v:ie,tc,ont"l"ol . . Th1;$ is onl'y 1b l ineWi tblJas 10 S,Qlv1.e't ina tlnct, tha.t the!p.e. can bent'! Gom. . .Pl"omlf;le, ,vlth, r1vslpoweJ.ii andtbat e,QDstruetJ.Va W'Oi.~,k.aBstart ow:y v be.n c O lm ill'W ll.:st; P O V i$ Ll" is d,om1Dant,. Butbeh1nd.all thl,s w11,1be appl.1ec1 Insletebt. unc.,eaaiqprSS,S"I.Ir! . 1 " , 0 1 ' " pe~tr,Q.t1onanti cOml ' 09nd of k9,posltlon.1n a.dmlnl:9.tp,atlon ,and EHJpe,cle.l.l:r in. p01106 ,8ppal"lIlme IOf'f'Ol"e!gn COUll~~1i)8. Tbe fh~v1et j-egtme: 18 ft, pollce~e,I!U.mepar exc,e'lle'1l!ce, :rea.l"sd tn, the lU.lD,half' vorl4 o:'~sar.lst polic;Q intJt'!gU.e t- OOt'J1l8,tomg(!i tothi'tik PI'~1171nte:rDlS, 0 1 " pollee J'ove,!"" !l'h1s ShoUld :as'Ve.'r belQs1i .a1Bb.t orb}. pug1lJg, S,Qvlet moUves.

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