Report of: Tatyana Faulk-Frink

February 9, 1946

It is merely upon prior hours that Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, pronounced a hostile
speech. Some reports, in addition to mine, are characterized by Stalin’s statement: “communism
and capitalism are incompatible”. How dare the likes of the Soviet Union critique our perfect
democracy, comprised of free elections and individual rights? Determined to seek other opinions
of Stalin’s statement, I interviewed our own U.S. President, President Truman.

Upon asking his views of the contradictions between communism and the capitalism way
of economy, the President stated: “In hearing the statements that Stalin has made, I am assured
that his view is permanent to the people that beseech his voice. Like his people though, our
American way of communism is permanent and effective to the people that dwell here. To
prevent problems with contradictions, we must enforce only ONE means of economy, that means
being capitalism, and especially free elections.”

Respectively, I asked of the President his primary aim of creating a new international
political and economic order after the war. I then inquired of him his goal for forming the United
Nations, NATO, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. He replied “I will
remain persistent, in that I will not let the Soviet Union spread Communism. This is why I have
implemented new international and economic policies, by way of the formation of the United
Nations, NATO, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. I am currently
developing a program called the Marshall Plan. I inquired of President Truman to add a
statement about his Marshall Plan, which would possibly soon be in effect. He stated: “The
Marshall Plan will have the role of helping Western Europe rebuild after the war and surpass its
prewar levels of industrial production.”

A year later…In the home of President and First Lady

President Truman, remembering the previous interview of only a year ago, closed his
eyes and announced his continued idea of containment of communism, with his very own
Truman Doctrine as the basis.

“The Soviet Union is a force of “ungodly” evil”, he said. “Many Americans deem it
appropriate to state their disdain at our involvement in what is called the Cold War. They feel it
an insult to our former history of being a neutral country. As far as I’m concerned, war is an
inevitable, yet necessary evil. It is our job to protect our alliances, many of whom have protected
us in prior times. Regardless of the circumstance, we will defend our American way of economy,
thus making capitalism the root of international success!