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2018 RVHS Year 6 Preliminary Examinations Page 1 of 5 9752/01 History HISTORY 9752/01 Paper 1 Shaping the International Order (1945-2000) 12 September 2018 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write in dark blue or black ink. You may use a HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any two questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 5 printed pages. RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Year 6 Preliminary Examination In preparation for the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level HIGHER 2

2018 RVHS Year 6 Preliminary Examinations Page 2 of 5 9752/01 History Section A You must answer Question 1. ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 1 Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. When answering Question 1 candidates are advised to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of the sources both individually and as a group. Source A In the post-war period, the US has no long er been pursuing a policy of strengthening the cooperation of the Big Three (or Four) and, on t he contrary, is trying to undermine the unity of these powers. The current policy of the American government with respect to the USSR is directed at limiting or displacing Soviet influence from neighbouring countries. Such a policy relies on weakening and disbanding the democrati c governments in power there which are friendly to the USSR and then replacing them with new governments which would obediently carry out a policy dictated from the US. One of the most important links of overall US policy directed at limiting the international role of the USSR in the post-war world is policy with regard to Germany. The US is taking steps in Germany with special persistence to strengt hen reactionary forces in order to counteract democratic reforms, accompanied by completely insufficient steps regarding demilitarization. A telegram from the Soviet Ambassador in the US, addressed to Soviet Leadership, in September 27, 1946. Source B I have been increasingly disturbed about the trend of international affairs since the end of the war. How do American actions appear to other nations? I mean ac tions like the tests of the atomic bomb and continued produc tion of bombs, the plan to arm Latin America with our weapons, and the effort to secure air bases spread over half the globe from which the other half of the globe can be bombed. I cannot but feel that these actions must make it look to the rest of the world as if we were only paying lip service to peace at the conference table. These facts rather make it appear either that we are preparin