Secret Telegrams

• Why did the two leaders recive telegrams?

  They both feared the start of a new war and were ttempting to gather information of the other leader and thier plans.
• Long Telegram


  The message was written by George Kennan in 1946 to Truman and advised him to contain Communist expansion.
• Nokikov Telegram


  The message was written by Nokolai Novikov in 1946 to Stalin and advised him that American public were being prepared for war.
• Consequences of telegrams


  Both countries believed that there was a great possibility of war. Americans had labelled Stalin as 'the new Hitler'. This was the unofficial start of the Cold War.