Iron Curtain speech

Who made it?

Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

When was it made?

5th March 1946

What did the speech condemn?

Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe

What did the iron curtain speech convince Stalin that?

The USA was complicit in a plot with Churchill to carry out anti-ideological assault

How long after the speech did Stalin respond?

10 days

What did Stalin’s response present?

A benign Soviet Union peacefully seeking Eastern European allies in order to reinforce the USSR’s security

What had the USSR done by October 1946?

Developed an analysis of the state of international relations

What did Molotov accuse the US of?

Being an imperialistic power and effectively abandoning the Declaration On Liberated Europe

What did the Iron Curtain speech emphasise for?

United States and Britain to act against the threat of Soviet communism