Transcription of George Kennan's 'Long Telegram' February 22, 1946
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Digital ArchiveInternational History 22, 1946 George Kennan's ' long Telegram' Citation: George Kennan's ' long telegram ', February 22, 1946, History and Public Policy Program DigitalArchive, National Archives and Records Administration, Department of State Records (Record Group59), Central Decimal File, 1945-1949, ; reprinted in US Department of State, ed.,Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Volume VI, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union(Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1969), :Ambassador George F. Kennan writes to the Secretary of State with a lengthy analysis of Sovietpolicy in an attempt to explain their recent uncooperative behavior. This message would later becomefamous as the " long telegram .
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