Good catch by bitter sanity regarding the origin of "iron curtain" in a document on Foreign Affairs interviewing John Foster Dulles. Does anybody know the answer?
But apart from its general merit as a historical document, I noticed this bit (emphasis mine):Posted by Vanderleun at October 19, 2003 8:24 PM | TrackBack"It is difficult to say what is going on, but in general the Russians are acting little better than thugs. They have wiped out all the liquid assets. No food cards are issued to Germans, who are forced to travel on foot into the Russian zone, often more dead than alive. An iron curtain has descended over the fate of these people and very likely conditions are truly terrible. The promises at Yalta to the contrary, probably 8 to 10 million people are being enslaved."
The "iron curtain" phrase has generally been attributed to Churchill, in a speech the following year. Did Dulles originate it? Or was it in general circulation this early?
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