 to America's national interest, but as an existential threat. And that got attention in the State Department, and it was circulated around the Truman administration. On March 5th, February 22nd is the long telegram. March 5th, a few weeks later, the same day that Churchill gave his Iron Curtain speech, it was a coincidence, but on March 5th, the State Department sent a long telegram to virtually every American embassy and consulate location around the world.