Before the end of the World War Two, the relationship between the US, Britain and USSR went on very well. However, the attitudes of USSR and US had a big U-turn from the Potsdam conference since US saw the communists as a big threat to them. Eventually by early 1946, The Long Telegram laid the basis for the policy of containment against communism. One specific reason why there was such a big change from the Potsdam …
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…coalition parties to support communists. The Four Freedoms and democracy that the USA was fighting for, which Truman didn't see in Albania and Bulgaria, was therefore under threats. The Four Freedoms were: Freedom from Want, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religious Belief and Freedom of Fear. These events have eventually built up the policy of containment to bring a high international tension between countries. Later, the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan was used against the USSR.