The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 47

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"[The Soviets will apply] insistent,unceasing pressure for penetration and command of key positions in administration…of foreign countries… In summary,we have here a political force committed fanatically to the belief that with US…it is desirable and necessary that the internal harmony of our society be disrupted… [and] the international authority of our state be broken,if Soviet power is to be secure… Much depends on health and vigor of our own society… Every courageous and incisive measure to solve internal problems of our own society… is a diplomatic victory over Moscow."
George Kennan,"The Long Telegram," 1946
-Over time,American policies towards the Soviet Union would tend to

• A) embrace the growth of nationalist movements.
• B) seek to build an economic framework to bolster the Soviet Union.
• C) fluctuate between periods of confrontation and periods of détente.
• D) support the escalation of armed conflict.

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