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===On the Soviet Union===
Though the long telegram was a classified document, it circulated widely enough that a copy leaked out to Soviet intelligence. Stalin was among its readers and called on his [[List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States|American ambassador]], [[Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov|Nikolai Novikov]], to send a similar telegram from [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] to [[Moscow]].{{sfn|Gaddis|2005b|pp=29–30}} [[Ghostwriter|Ghostwritten]] by Soviet [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)|Foreign Minister]] [[Vyacheslav Molotov]],<ref>{{harvnb|Jensen|1993|p=75}}, quoted in {{harvnb|Gaddis|2005b|p=30}}.</ref> the piece was sent on September 27, 1946.{{sfn|Gaddis|2005b|p=30}} Representative of Stalin's opinions,{{sfn|Gaddis|2005b|p=30}} Novikov's telegram argued in part: "The foreign policy of the United States reflects the imperialistic tendencies of American monopolistic capitalism, [and] is characterized{{nbsp}}... by a striving for world supremacy."<ref name="JqG">{{harvnb|Jensen|1993|pp=3–16}}, quoted in {{harvnb|Gaddis|2005b|p=30}}.</ref> America would attempt to achieve supremacy by cooperating with Great Britain,{{sfn|Gaddis|2011|p=229}} but their cooperation was "plagued with great internal contradictions and cannot be lasting{{nbsp}}... It is quite possible that the Near East will become a center of Anglo-American contradictions that will explode the agreements now reached between the United States and England."<ref name="JqG"/>

Kennan provided commentary on Novikov's telegram in a 1991 piece for the journal ''[[Diplomatic History (journal)|Diplomatic History]]''.{{sfn|Gaddis|2011|pp=718n11, 762}} He wrote in part, "These poor people, put on the spot, produced the thing," but "it was only a way of saying to their masters in Moscow: 'How true, sir!{{'"}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Kennan|1991|pp=540–541}}, quoted in {{harvnb|Gaddis|2011|p=230}}.
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