Soviet-American Relations In the fall of 1946. President Truman asked for a comprehen

Soviet-American Relations

In the fall of 1946. President Truman asked for a comprehensive study of Soviet- American relations,which he knew would be the central problem of American foreign policy. The result was an important state paper prepared through the Secretary of State(国务), the Secretary of War. the Attorney General(检察长). the Secretary of the Navy, Fleet Adrmiral(海军司令) Leahy (who had been Roosevelt's chief military adviser), the Joint Chiefs of Staff(参谋长联席会议主席). Ambassador Edwin W．Pauley (in charge of negotiating postwar reparations), the Director of Central Intelligence(中央情报局局长), and other persons with special knowledge of foreign affairs.The document was imposing in its scope and depth, comprising nearly a hundred thousand words and divided into an introduction and six sections. It dealt with Soviet foreign policy, Soviet-American agreements, Soviet violations of its agreements with the U. S.,conflicting views on reparations, Soviet activities affecting American security, and U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union.

This study Truman asked for was drafted on the premise (前提) that only through an accurate understanding of the Soviet Union would the U. S. be able to make and carry out policies that would re-establish international order and protect the U. S. at all times. The key, according to the study; was to realize' that Moscow's leaders adhered to the Marxist theory of ultimate destruction of capitalist states by communist states, but that they sought to postpone the inevitable conflict while they strengthened and prepared the Soviet Union for its clash with the Western democracies: The study said Moscow's main concern regarding the other nations of Western Europe was to prevent the formation of a Western bloc (集团). It noted, too, that Red Army troops and Russian planes in combat readiness outnumbered American units opposite them in Germany, Austria, and Korea in overwhelming strength, placing U.S.forces literally at the mercy of the Soviet government.

第 36 题 The text associates President Truman with_________

A．peace with honor.

B．anti-Communist sentiment

C．the long-standing Cold, War

D．Western imperialism (帝国主义)