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Across 1. In the U.S.S.R., the government's secret-police organization. The prisoner massacres were a series of mass executions carried out by the Soviet secret police during World War II against political prisoners across Eastern Europe, primarily Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic states, Bessarabia and other parts of the Soviet Union. 2. British Prime Minister who led Britain through World War II. Winston Churchill was significant during the Cold War because he created important alliances that helped the United States during the Cold War. 5. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization; An organization of 12 countries that worked to stop further expansion of Communism during the Cold War 7. the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology. The Truman Doctrine was important because it provided military aid to Greece and Turkey during the Cold War. 8. Czech statesman during the Cold War. After World War I, he served as foreign minister in the new Czech government. Later he served as the Czech ambassador to Great Britain. During World War II, he once again took the position of foreign minister, this time with the Czech government-in-exile in London. 9. A republic in Southern Europe at the South end of the Balkan Peninsula. Greece is significant because it was the first war of the Cold War. 10. An Islamic republic within the Persian Gulf which help the United States in their efforts to end Communism. 12. An American diplomat, political scientist, and historian. He was known best as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War on which he later reversed himself. 13. Any comprehensive program for federally supported economic assistance, as for urban renewal. Marshall Plan was significant in the Cold War because it helped the United States fund recovery efforts from World War II. 14. Was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. 15. The Central Intelligence Agency; An American organization that had a big role in the espionage portion of the Cold War 16. A former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. Was member of NATO, the Western counterpart to the Warsaw Pact. 17. British political party which worked to try and put an end to the Soviet Union during the Cold War 18. A sovereign state in Central Europe that was founded in October 1918 whose government was taken control by the Communist party in 1948. 19. a Balkan nation bordering the Black Sea and was considered one of the most loyal of the Soviet Union’s European satellites.

Down 1. The council, composed of the president, vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that determines means by which domestic, foreign, and military policy can best be integrated for safeguarding the national security. The National Security Council was significant on the team because it established the foundation for foreign policy in the United States. 3. A republic in central Europe. Hungary was important in the Cold War because they were ruled by Communist Russia. 4. A republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. It is significant because Romania was captured by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. 6. A republic in Western Asia and SE Europe. Turkey was significant in the Cold War because it had a good relationship with the US and helped during the war. 11. An 8000-word telegram that stated Kennan's opinions of the Soviet Union