Question

In the 1920s, Riga was where Kremlin watchers like Loy Henderson and George F. Kennan cut their teeth. Other members of this group, which drove U.S. foreign policy towards the Soviet Union in the pre-war period, were James Forrestal, the Dulles brothers, and William Bullitt._______________________

• A. Deeply suspicious of Stalin, they advocated the creation of a cordon sanitaire around the USSR
• B. And despite the imminent threat posed to Europe and the world by Hitler, they ruled out the possibility of cooperating with the socialist state in dealing with the Nazi menace
• C. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the U.S. was forced to come out in support of Moscow.
• D. The three Baltic republics were independent from 1921 until their absorption into the Soviet Union in 1940 following the rapid collapse of the Low Countries and France and the fear in Moscow that Hitler would soon turn his attention eastward.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Deeply suspicious of Stalin, they advocated the creation of a cordon sanitaire around the USSR

This question is taken from an editorial. Option (b),(c),(d) actually follow option (a) in the editorial, which in turn is the last sentence of the paragraph. Option (a) is the correct answer