Causes of Cold War: Responsibility of leaders - Churchill

Question 1

Percentages agreement (1944)

Answer 1

• 1944 Churchill drew up the ‘percentages agreement’ with Stalin
• Gave Stalin the impression that a post-war Soviet sphere of influence in E. EU had unspoken Western approval:
  
  • Romania (90% Russian)
  • Greece (90% British-US, 10% Russian)
  • Yugoslavia/Hungary (50:50 between Russian and West)
  • Bulgaria (75% Russian)

Question 2

Iron Curtain speech (1946)

Answer 2

• Sharpened East-West divisions
• Truman delighted with Churchill’s uncompromising anti-Soviet statement, but Stalin condemned speech as war-mongering