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==Tensions of the times==

==Tensions of the times==

In 1947, evidence of Soviet espionage in the U.S. government was developing on twin tracks. (citation needed) There was an FBI counterintelligence investigation which empanelled a grand jury in New York, and the Army Signal Intelligence Service at Arlington Hall reading Soviet cipher decrypts.  It was a case of one hand not knowing what the other was doing.  So when McCarthy later made charges that the Truman administration knowingly protected Soviet agents, on the surface, this appeared to large sectors of the American public as true.

:"In 1947{{NamedRef|FBI1|1}}, it was apparent that no individual in the U.S. Government realized that evidence of massive Soviet espionage within the government was developing on twin tracks. There was an FBI counterintelligence investigation{{NamedRef|FBI2|2}} which empanelled a grand jury in New York, and the Army [[Signal Intelligence Service]] at [[Arlington Hall]] reading Soviet cipher decrypts{{NamedRef|Benson|3}}.  It was a case of one hand not knowing what the other was doing.  So when McCarthy later made charges that the Truman administration knowingly protected Soviet agents, on the surface, this appeared to large sectors{{NamedRef|ONCIX|4}} of the American public{{NamedRef|Smith|5}} as true."

 

*Beginning  24 June 1948 the first major crisis of the [[Cold War]] exposed the rift in the [[Allied Powers|Alliance of World War II]] which had defeated Germany, when Soviet troops blockaded access points to Berlin, sparking the first Berlin Crisis, and lasting a year.

*Beginning  24 June 1948 the first major crisis of the [[Cold War]] exposed the rift in the [[Allied Powers|Alliance of World War II]] which had defeated Germany, when Soviet troops blockaded access points to Berlin, sparking the first Berlin Crisis, and lasting a year.