Cold War 1 and 2 Stats

The latitude line that divided Korea into Soviet and American zones

38th parallel

The width of the demilitarised zone (DMZ) established on each side of the boundary line

Two kilometres

The number of days after the outbreak of the war that Truman ordered the US 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Strait

Two days

The dollar equivalent of the 157 million yen surplus target

Just over $4 million

The population of China as cited in Mao’s August 1949 article regarding US imperialism

475 million

The percentage of people in a 1947 German poll who trusted Britain to treat Germany fairly

45 per cent

The percentage of people in a 1947 German poll who trusted France to treat Germany fairly

4 per cent

The percentage of people in a 1947 German poll who trusted the USSR to treat Germany fairly

0 per cent

The number of political parties the USSR initially allowed to be founded in the Soviet Zone

Four

The number of Allied air corridors to West Berlin during the blockade

Three

The number of powers that met at the 1946 Paris Peace Conference to draft treaties for defeated nations

Four

The number of original members of the United Nations upon its establishment in 1945

50

The number of African states that were UN members at an early stage

Two (Ethiopia and Liberia)

The number of vetoes cast by China in the UN Security Council between 1946 and 1955

1

The number of vetoes cast by France in the UN Security Council between 1946 and 1955

2

The number of government workers Joseph McCarthy successfully uncovered as being communists

Zero

The number of days after the outbreak of the Korean War that Truman ordered the US 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Strait

Two days

The number of the Communist Party Congress at which Khrushchev introduced the fundamental shift in Soviet thinking known as 'peaceful coexistence'

20th

The duration of the ultimatum Khrushchev issued to the West regarding the withdrawal of troops from West Berlin

Six months

The number of people who fled East Germany in 1956

150,000

The number of US ground troops recommended for Vietnam in General Maxwell Taylor’s 1961 report

Up to 10,000

The amount of financial credits Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arranged for Cuba in February 1960

$100 million

The percentage by which the USA reduced its imports of Cuban sugar by 1961

95 per cent

The value of American-owned assets in Cuba seized by Fidel Castro in October 1960

$1 billion

The approximate number of anti-Castro exiles who landed on Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion

1500

The number of Soviet ground troops intended to accompany nuclear missiles, planes, and bombers to Cuba

14,000

The distance in miles from the coast of the United States to Cuba

90 miles

The number of months after which a signatory of the Moscow Test Ban Treaty could restart nuclear testing if they decided their vital interests were at stake

Three months