“it’s my duty to place before you certain facts about the present position in from stettin in the baltic to trieste in the adriatic, an iron curtain had descended across the continent. behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern in what i must call the soviet sphere and all are subject in one form or another not only to soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure control from - winston churchill former prime minister of england 1946 which situation is related to this excerpt? a- the beginning of the cold war b- the founding of communism in russia c- the political division of europe after world war 1 d- the efforts by the united stated to gain influence in asia