Stalin & Marxist:

  • Western survival depends on masses of the developing world into its political sctivity
    • US requirement of markets

Mongolia

  • SU’s first test for communist
  • Su learned how to ovrethrow the existing regime and build a just a modern society

SU suppression of non-Russian communists’ wills to achieve socialism on their national approaches

Marxist-Leninist dogma

  • socialism, no matte where, achieved only when led by Stalin

Stalin previously expected eastern Europe and Germany to go socialist so no need for forced events

  • Truman adimistration refused to acknowledge SU spheres of influence in eastern Europe ->bolshevization of those regions
  • Stalin’s failures in Libya, Turkey and Iran forced him to rely more on east Europe

Turkey

  • Britain & SU occupied Turkey
    • UK - south
    • SU - north
  • Tripartite Treaty of Alliance
    • to leave Iran after 6 months after war ended
    • US to reduce British monopoly of oil
  • SU did not leave
  • SU hoped:
    • Soviet-Iranian oil exploration
    • recognition of independent Azeri and Kurds republic
  • Turkish gov. called US help
    • propaganda -> SU left

Stalin dealing w/ the Third World

  • placed SU security ahead of helping comunists there
  • abandoned any hope that social forces would develop to hte point where socialism would become a reality

Lenin

  • military conflict as inevitable when building communist states

Cominform largely for European communist parties

Leninist plan different from the Stalinist plan

China

Mao humiliated in the SU

  • led to do nothing in a country cottage
  • praised Stalin & tried to duscuss but Stalin avoided discussing the arms industry
    • Mao: I’m going to deal with the US, UK, and Japan!
  • Stalin refused to call Mao a comrade

Sino-Soviet treaty 14 February 1950

  • SU aid on industrial reconstruction but China gave up lot

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

  • founder of Vietnamese communist
  • looked to a Chinese model for communist takeover
  • Viet Minh
    • liberation of Vietnam

United Nation

1943 - US, UK agreement with the SU to establish the future UN

SU demanded to ask Belorussia and Ukraine but they are members under the USSR so refused

  • <-> US also could ask a few federal states to be added but Roosevelt refused

Yalta agreement

  • vote of the General Assembly can be vetoed by one of the Big Five

problems:

  • UN had no armed forces at its disposal
  • 1945-47; SU vetoed for seven times
    • Kennan’s worries that UN used to promote SU objectives worldwide

Palestinian crisis

  • US and SU together opposed the UK