Churchill's 1946 speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, is treated as the moment that made the Iron Curtain warning widely known. The discussion explicitly declines to credit him with inventing the phrase. Earlier users and similar expressions are acknowledged, although several possible sources are not named. A later reflection argues that borrowing from knowledgeable writers could indicate serious engagement with specialist work. The attribution of a particular earlier source remains unresolved.
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Churchill's use of an existing Iron Curtain phrase
The speech made the phrase famous, but the discussion leaves its original authorship disputed.