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Temasek Junior College 2018 8821/S/2018 [Turn over   TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 Preliminary Examinations HIGHER 1   HISTORY 8821 The Cold War and the Modern World 28 August 2018 3 hours       READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your centre number, index number, name and CG on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Start each answer on a fresh piece of writing paper. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together with the cover sheet on top. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 1 blank page.

2    Temasek Junior College 2018 8821/S/2018 SECTION A You must answer Question 1. THE SOVIET UNION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 1 Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. Source A Iran was our ally in the war. Iran was Russia’s ally in the war. Iran agreed to the free passage of arms, ammunition and other supplies running into millions of tonnes across her territory from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea. Without these supplies, furnished by the United States, Russia would have been embarrassingly defeated. Yet now Russia stirs up rebellion and keeps troops on the soil of her friend and ally, Iran. There isn’t a doubt in my mind that unless Russia is faced with an iron fist and strong language, another war is in the making… I do not think we should play compromise any longer. We should let our position on Iran be known in no uncertain terms. I’m tired of babying the Soviets. Adapted from President Truman’s letter to Secretary of State James Byrnes, 5 January 1946. Source B Europe has come out of the war with a completely dislocated economy, and the economic devastation that occurred in the course of the war cannot be overcome in a short time. All of the countries of Europe and Asia are experiencing a colossal need for consumer goods, industrial and transportation equipment…Such a situation provides American monopolistic capital with prospects for enormous shipments of goods and the importation of capital into these countries – a circumstance that would permit it to infiltrate their national economies. Such a development would mean a serious strengthening of the economic position of the United States in the whole world and would be a stage on the road to world domination by the United States… The foreign policy of the United Sta