The American's during this time period had a tendency to make sure that all of the .
blame for the Cold War was placed on the Soviet Union. It is no wonder as to why the .
Soviets wanted to bomb the guts out of America. Stalin was ready for his already .
increasing power in Europe and he still wanted more territory and militia. His armies were .
in the millions and he already had Germany. Everybody wanted Poland because this .
would be the key to launching an attack on Russia if they got to power hungry. Not one .
person or country wanted another World War especially if it was against Russia. America .
did not meet other demands from the Soviet Union. Stalin had asked for other land, such .
as South Sakhalin Island, the Kuriles and Outer Mongolia. They asked for 20 billion .
dollars in reparations from Germany and 3 seats on the United Nations. The United .
States was offended at the fact that the Soviet Union would not hold free elections. The .
Soviet Union was mad at the fact that the United States gave the Soviets bad press. .
Stalin was getting excited because he could almost taste Greece and some of the Middle .
East. Greece was struggling to make amends after the British decided to stop supporting .
the Greek government, and they asked the US for assistance. They asked for .
$400,000,000 to repair the country's economy and to equip themselves in case of an .
attempted assault by Russia. This made huge hostilities towards Truman and Stalin. 270 .
million people in foreign countries were starving and suffering. The US government .
decided to give $11,000,000,000 of the taxpayers money to the countries in need. This .
money did not go to the people but it did help get people into jobs, get the economy and .
also equip them. The Czechoslovakians wanted independence from Russia. They had .
relied on Russia for all their means and needed to be separated or wars would be reared .
back onto them. They asked for assistance from the USA in order to get some solid .
