COLD WAR BRIEFING

REASON FOR DETERIORATION

• built up a predominant force.
• Mass accusations/executions of political enemies

REASON FOR DISTRUST IN THE SOVIET UNION

• Difference in political and economic structure

REASON FOR DISTRUST IN THE UNITED STATES

• US security measures an act of aggression

GREATEST FEAR BETWEEN THE RELATIONS

• Conflict in Soviet Union because of executions
• No trust between US and Soviet Union
• Mass development of military and conflict ready equipment

OPINIONS FOR US. POLICY TOWARD SOVIET UNION

• US. Economic approach
• US less pushy, more open for compromises
• Willing to intermix relations and ideas.