I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.

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[He's] a margarine Communist.

[He's] a margarine Communist.

I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there...

I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there...

The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.

The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.

The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.

The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as...

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as...

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the...

Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the...

We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he...

We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he...

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies...

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies...

It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the...

It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the...

It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear...

It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear...

We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told...

We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told...

I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow,...

I always read everything on the desks of people I went to see in Moscow,...

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington,...

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington,...

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies...

Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies...

How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium?...

How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium?...

Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains...

Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains...

This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the...

This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the...

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that...

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that...

The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar...

The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar...

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to...

Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to...