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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: The Long Telegram (1946)
Description: It’s February 20th. This day in 1946, diplomat George Kennan, stationed in Moscow, sent a 5,000 word telegram to the State Department outlining his assessment of the Soviet Union and how the U.S. should approach its expansion efforts. It would set a template for decades to come.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss what was in the telegram, how it was interpreted — and misinterpreted.
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