Careful note should be taken of the fact that the preparation by the United States for a future war is being conducted with the prospect of war against the Soviet Union, which in the eyes of American imperialists is the main obstacle in the path of the United States to world domination. —Novikov Telegram, Nicolai V. Novikov, 1946 What is the main idea the Soviet diplomat is presenting in this passage? The United States is planning to start a war with the Soviets. The military power of the United States is starting to decline. The United States is planning on dominating the world economy. The United States does not believe it will have to go to war to dominate the world.

A. The United States is planning to start a war with the Soviets.

Explanation:

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion