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Had Quotes by W. Averell Harriman
- Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized…
- This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as…
- As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon…
- The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort.…
- Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never…
- Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia…
- 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…
- It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do…
- Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the…
- How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said…
- The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized…
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