1945.2 The New Divide Begins
APRIL 23 - US President Harry S. Truman tells Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov that he is determined to take a "tougher" stance with the Soviets than his predecessor had. Truman never had the trust fot the Soviets that his predecessor entertained, and spared no time letting Molotov know that the expansionist moves of the USSR were not welcome or helpful.
It is pretty easy to see that as WWII began to wind down, the ideological fissures between the West and East were growing, and accelerating.
(Yes, the cocktail was named after him...)
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