The Truman Doctrine was introduced on 12 March 1947, marking the start of American Containment Policy. ... As early as January 1946, Truman had already made up his mind to 'stop babying the Soviets' as part of his New Year's Resolution in view of the sovietization of Romania and Bulgaria. ... In fact, American perceptions towards the Soviets might have changed as early as the post-Yalta Conference period in April 1945 when even Roosevelt, a perennial optimist, expressed his doubts about cooperating with Stalin. Hence, the Truman Doctrine was merely an articulation of the Americ...

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