Kennan’s Long Telegram

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diplomatic cable policy document

Kennan’s Long Telegram is a 1946 diplomatic cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan that laid the intellectual foundation for the Cold War policy of containment toward the Soviet Union.

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Kennan’s Long Telegram canonical 1
Long Telegram of 1946 1
The Long Telegram 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic cable ⓘ
policy document ⓘ
alternativeName Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
surface form: Long Telegram of 1946

Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
surface form: The Long Telegram
archivedIn National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Archives
argued the Soviet Union viewed the capitalist world as hostile ⓘ
the Soviet Union was committed to expanding its influence ⓘ
author George F. Kennan ⓘ
authorPosition Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow ⓘ
commissionedBy United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of State
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1946-02-22 ⓘ
described Soviet Union’s worldview as insecure and expansionist ⓘ
the nature of Soviet power ⓘ
field Cold War studies ⓘ
diplomatic history ⓘ
genre diplomatic analysis ⓘ
strategic policy analysis ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War ⓘ
impact helped define the concept of containment ⓘ
shaped U.S. perceptions of the Soviet threat ⓘ
influenced Truman administration foreign policy ⓘ
U.S. Cold War strategy ⓘ
Truman Doctrine ⓘ
surface form: the Truman Doctrine

the doctrine of containment ⓘ
the intellectual foundation of the Cold War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterExpandedIn Kennan’s Long Telegram self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”
laterExpandedInPublication Foreign Affairs ⓘ
length approximately 8,000 words ⓘ
mainSubject Soviet foreign policy ⓘ
U.S.–Soviet relations ⓘ
containment policy ⓘ
ideology of the Soviet Union ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Moscow ⓘ
proposedPolicy long-term containment of Soviet expansion ⓘ
recommended avoiding direct military confrontation with the Soviet Union ⓘ
patient but firm containment of Soviet expansionist tendencies ⓘ
using political and economic measures to counter Soviet influence ⓘ
relatedConcept Soviet expansionism ⓘ
containment ⓘ
relatedEvent emergence of the Cold War ⓘ
sentFrom U.S. Embassy in Moscow ⓘ
sentTo United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of State
significance considered one of the most influential documents of early Cold War diplomacy ⓘ
stated Soviet leadership combined Marxist ideology with traditional Russian insecurity ⓘ
the Soviet system had internal weaknesses ⓘ
year 1946 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Long Telegram → alsoKnownAs → Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
Long Telegram → alsoKnownAs → Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Long Telegram of 1946
George F. Kennan → notableWork → Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sources of Soviet Conduct
Kennan’s Long Telegram → alternativeName → Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Long Telegram
Kennan’s Long Telegram → alternativeName → Kennan’s Long Telegram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Telegram of 1946
Kennan’s Long Telegram → laterExpandedIn → Kennan’s Long Telegram self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”