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This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. © Serangoon Junior College 2018 [Turn over SERANGOON JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2018 Higher 1 HISTORY 8821/01 Paper 1 The Cold War and the Modern World (1945-2000) Wednesday, 12 September 2018 3 hours Additional Materials: Cover Page Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics tutorial group in the spaces provided on the cover page and on every sheet of answer paper. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Write clearly the question numbers on the first page of every question attempted and the cover page. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid and tape. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear handwriting in your answer, and to leave two lines between each paragraph on the answer paper.

© Serangoon Junior College 2018 8821/01 2018 JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2 Section A You must answer Question 1. THE SOVIETISATION OF EASTERN EUROPE 1 Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. Source A Truman complained that all “our agreements with the Soviet Union so far had been a one-way street and that could not continue; it was now or never.” He blustered that he intended to go ahead with the plans for San Francisco, and if the Russians did not care to join us, “they could go to hell.” Yet Truman had admitted to Harriman (US Ambassador to the Soviet Union) that without the Russians, there would be no world organisation. Stimson (US Secretary of War) tactfully disagreed with Truman’s accusations that the Soviets failed to keep their agreements. He pointed out that the Russians had kept their word in big military matters, and that the US military authorities had come to rely on it. Although the Soviet Union had agreed to free elections in Poland, only the United States and the United Kingdom had any real conception of an ‘independent, free ballot’. The Soviet conception of ‘independence’ and ‘democracy’ in areas vital to the security of the Soviet Union was very different. Stimson advised Truman to “go slowly and avoid any open break.” Minutes from a meeting of President Truman with his newly-appointed senior Administration and military officials, April 1945. Source B The Soviet Union and its agents have destroyed the independence and democratic character of a whole series of nations in Eastern and Central Europe. It is this ruthless course of action, and the clear design to extend it to the remaining nations of Europe, that have brought about the critical situation in Europe today. The tragic death of the Republic of Czechoslovakia has sent a shock wav