1a) According to pgs 2 - 3 of the source, how fair is it to say that 'the Soviet analysis on international relations based mainly on ideological factors'.
1b) Find out the origin of the content of these two pages. Then, analyse the value and limitations of the content for US diplomat trying to interprete and understand Soviet foreign policy in 1946.
2) According to the page 5 of the source, to what factors was the Soviet party line (or the Soviet view of world affairs) in reality based?
3) Assess the methods (the ‘far-flung apparatus’) of the USSR for strengthen its influence (as described on pgs 13 – 14).
4) ‘How to deal with Russia’? Summarize the views introduced on pgs 16 – 17.
5) Consider how the source could have been interpreted and utilized a) by the US Department of State and b) by Stalin (after the translation of it was delivered to him by the Soviet intelligence).
6) With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of the source for an historian studying the beginning of the Cold War.
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