Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum
Memo, Edward Stettinius to Harry S. Truman
April 22, 1945 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Memo, Edward Stettinius to Harry S. Truman
April 23, 1945 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Draft of letter, Clark Clifford to Robert Patterson
ca. 1946 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "Dialectical Materialism And Russian Objectives" by Edward F. Willett
January 14, 1946 View (45 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes
January 29, 1946 View (5 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Analysis of Stalin's Address to Moscow Constituency"
ca. February, 1946 View (5 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes
February 5, 1946 View (1 page) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes
February 12, 1946 View (3 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes ["Long Telegram"]
February 22, 1946 View (19 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "The Russian Problem"
February 22, 1946 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Message from George Kennan
March 4, 1946 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes
March 11, 1946 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes
March 14, 1946 View (1 page) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Background of Soviet Foreign Policy"
March 14, 1946 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, George Kennan to James Byrnes
March 20, 1946 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Soviet Foreign Policy Toward Western Europe"
March 21, 1946 View (5 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Soviet Foreign Policy in the Middle East"
ca. April, 1946 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Soviet Policy Toward the Western Powers"
April 4, 1946 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, Josef Stalin to Harry S. Truman, with related material
April 6, 1946 View (8 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, Walter Bedell Smith to George Marshall
April 11, 1946 View (8 pages) | (PDF)
Frank Roberts to Officers, accompanied by radiograms from George Kennan
June 7, 1946 View (18 pages)
"A Digest of Three Articles by Brooks Atkinson"
July 9, 1946 View (10 pages) | (PDF)
Clark Clifford to Admiral William Leahy
July 18, 1946 View (1 page) | (PDF)
Handwritten meeting notes
July 18, 1946 View (3 pages) | (PDF)
Clark Clifford to Edwin Pauley
July 20, 1946 View (1 page) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Facts and Information Desired by the President Regarding the Soviet Union"
July 23, 1946 View (8 pages) | (PDF)
Memo, Joint Chiefs of Staff to Harry S. Truman
July 26, 1946 View (14 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, Elbridge Durbrow to James Byrnes
August 25, 1946 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Memo, George Elsey to Clark Clifford, accompanied by a telegram from Elbridge Durbrow
August 27, 1946 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Telegram, Elbridge Durbrow to James Byrnes
August 30, 1946 View (5 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "American Relations With The Soviet Union" by Clark Clifford ["Clifford-Elsey Report"]
September 24, 1946 View (81 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "A Digest of Pertinent Data Appearing In Department Of State Publications Issued During January 1949"
ca. January, 1949 View (7 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "Soviet Internal Situation - OIR Report No. 4998"
July 1, 1949 View (11 pages) | (PDF)
Draft, "Interim Report by the National Security Council"
ca. 1950 View (61 pages)
Draft of report, "Soviet Intentions and Capabilities"
February 20, 1950 View (20 pages) | (PDF)
"A Report to the National Security Council - NSC 68"
April 12, 1950 View (72 pages)
Minutes of the 55th Meeting of the National Security Council
April 20, 1950 View (3 pages) | (PDF)
Agenda for the 55th Meeting of the National Security Council
April 20, 1950 View (1 page) | (PDF)
Memorandum, National Security Council to Harry S. Truman
April 21, 1950 View (4 pages)
Memorandum for the Ad Hoc Committee on NSC 68
April 28, 1950 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Stephen Spingarn to Charles Murphy, accompanied by report
May 1, 1950 View (108 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, James Lay to Paul Nitze et al.
May 2, 1950 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, James Lay to Paul Nitze et al.
May 3, 1950 View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Memo, Walter Bedell Smith to Harry S. Truman accompanied by a memorandum
February 19, 1951 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
State Department Summary of Telegrams
February 20, 1951 View (6 pages) | (PDF)
Daily Summary, Central Intelligence Agency
February 20, 1951 View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Charles S. Murphy to David Lloyd et. al., accompanied by a report
August 25, 1951 View (14 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "Soviet Strategy - Possible U.S. Countermeasures"
December 1, 1951 View (13 pages) | (PDF)
Correspondence between George F. Kennan and Harry S. Truman
August 11, 1952 View (6 pages) | (PDF)
Outline of Clifford-Elsey Report
Not Dated View (3 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "An Analysis of the Principal Psychological Vulnerabilities in the USSR and of the Principal Assets Available to the US for Their Exploitation"
Not Dated View (19 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "Present International Position Of The USSR"
Not Dated View (7 pages) | (PDF)
Report, "Why Are The Russians Slow To Trust The Western Powers?"
Not Dated View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Draft of Introduction to Clifford-Elsey Report
Not Dated View (3 pages) | (PDF)
Memo, CBS Interview with Litvinov
Not Dated View (2 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Soviet Foreign Policy in Eastern Europe"
Not Dated View (4 pages) | (PDF)
Memorandum, "Soviet Foreign Policy - A Summation"
Not Dated View (5 pages) | (PDF)
Composite Image. Stalin, Truman and Churchill at Potsdam over NSC 68.
This collection focuses on the ideals that formed the basis of American policy toward the Soviet Union during the early years of the Cold War. The collection includes 57 documents totaling 681 pages covering the years 1945 through 1952. Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts, biographies and a chronology of events. Related collections available from the Truman Library include subject guides on the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine and United Nations.
