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Fdr to the us ambassador to the ussr: i can t take communism nor can you, but to cross this bridge i would hold hands with the devil. (devil = stalin) Spirals into a never-ending cycle of mistrust and threats. (usa vs ussr) Before ww2, appeasement was a neutral term. After ww2, it becomes the worst form of condemnation. U. n. general assembly: ambassadors of various countries meet. U. n. security council and the four policemen : united states (us & canada), United kingdom (britain, colonized nations such as africa, india, some pacific. Islands), soviet union ( central asia, eurasia, northeast asia), china (southeast asia, some pacific islands) Last meeting between churchill, stalin, and roosevelt. Fdr allows stalin to have his eastern sphere of influence. Created communist buffers to separate his soi to the outside world. Post-war poland s demand for a democratic government was crushed by stalin. Often used force to usurp present regimes and set up a communist government.
