The Long Telegram: A 1946 Call for Containment of the Soviet Union - George F. Kennan

\(while Soviet power was) impervious to the logic of reason, it was highly sensitive to the logic of force.\ -The Long Telegram, George F. Kennan (1946) Although the United States and the Soviet Union were allies during World War II, their relationship soon changed after the war. In February 1946, the US Moscow embassy was asked by the US Treasury why the Soviet Union was not supporting the newly created World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.George Kennan, the Chargé at the US Embassy..