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Who first used the phrase iron curtain

a) kennan
b. rossevelt
c. Truman
d. churchchill

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Churchill was the first to use iron curtian
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From those, the best option is d. Churchill- he used it first, as far as we know, in a telegram to Truman.

The phrase was, however also used before, for example by Goebbels in his anti-soviet speeches.

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