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A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin and the Cold War

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

American diplomat William Averell Harriman

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell)

1891- 1986

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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Eastern Europe

Poland

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS)

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China and the End of World War II

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Malenkov, Georgii Maksimilianovich

1901- 1988

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Beria, Lavrenty P.

1899- 1953

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East Asia

Mongolia

Truman with Attlee and Stalin at Potsdam

Cold War Origins

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Eastern Europe

Yugoslavia

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Western Europe

Germany

Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

Photograph of Kim Il Sung in Moscow, March 1949

Korean War Origins, 1945-1950

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July 1, 1945	Cable, Summary of Averell Harriman Meeting with T. V. Soong Harriman reports on a conversation with Chinese Minister Soong about his meeting with Stalin. Soong reports that China and the USSR wish to establish close ties; Harriman encourages Soong on this point.
June 30, 1945	Meeting between Marshal Stalin and Dr. Soong Stalin and Chinese Minister Soong discuss the necessity of warm relations between China and the Soviet Union; Stalin pledges to support China's position.
June 28, 1945	Record of I. V. Stalin's Conversation with Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia Z. Fierlinger and Deputy Foreign Minister V. Clementis Stalin and Fierlinger discuss the issues of Transcarpathian Ukraine, tobacco in Czechoslovakia, American troops in Czechoslovakia, the Teshin Region, and the development of the Czechoslovak army.
June 8, 1945	Cable, Summary of Averell Harriman Meeting with Stalin and Molotov Harriman updates the President on the adverse relations between the USSR and the United States; observes that Stalin cannot understand the United State's interest in establishing an independent Poland.
June 4, 1945	Notes by Wilhelm Pieck on a Consultation with Stalin, Molotov, Zhdanov Meeting notes on the situation in Germany.
May 2, 1945	Memorandum by Sir Orme Sargent, Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, to Winston Churchill Sir Orme Sargent suggests that the recent Soviet hardening towards Great Britain is due to the influence of Stalin's ministers; connects chilled relations with situation in Austria and Poland.
February 23, 1945	Hugh Dalton Diary Entry Concerning Meeting of Churchill with Junior Ministers Hugh Dalton discusses Churchill's impressions of the Yalta Conference.
January 28, 1945	Notes of V. Kolarov from a Meeting with Stalin Stalin opposes Turkey's inclusion in any Balkan federation, suggests that Bulgaria and Yugoslavia's confederation should be postponed and that Bulgaria should assert its rights to the Aegean. He says that the Soviet Union has only allied with capitalist nations to defeat the most dangerous of them, Germany; says that capitalism has decayed and the conditions for socialism are good. Promises Russia's assistance in developing Bulgaria's industry.
January 10, 1945	Notes of G. Dimitrov on a Phone Call from Stalin Stalin expresses his support for an equal Bulgarian-Yugoslav confederation; cautions the Yugoslav delegation against interfering in Greece.
August 1945	Notes on Stalin's Statement from a Meeting with a Bulgarian Delegation Stalin rebukes the Bulgarian leadership for postponing elections and fearing their opposition. He gives advice on the reorganization of Bulgaria and its foreign relations.