who was the american diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism within its current borders?
Truman requested money from Congress to support the Greek and Turkish people. Containing Soviet Expansion â¢ Who was the American diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism within its current borders? â George F. Kennan. â¢ What is containment? â It is the US policy to limit communism within its existing borders. â Kennan was the main spokesman for containment policies. In July 1947 in an issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, a writer who called himself âXâ published an article titled âThe Sources of Soviet Conduct.â