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It was called the CONTAINMENT POLICY.Please see this WikiAnswers Article which details how Containment worked.
In reference to the word "Containment," in the historical context of Communism, containment is the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence. The actual word containment means to block passage or quarantine.
Truman and George F Kennan (the "father of containment")
Containment Policy
Foreign Service Officer, George F. Kennan, is the author of the policy on containment. Containment was the strategy the US used during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.