We Became Convinced That, Regardless Of Stalin's

Conferences At The Top Level Are Always Courteous. Name-calling Is Left To The Foreign Ministers.

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 And Always Had Been, And Therefore He Had To Control Poland.

No Foreign Policy Will Stick Unless The American People Are Behind It. And Unless Congress Understands It. And Unless Congress Understands It, The American People Aren't Going To Understand It.

Yet The Whole Preamble Of The Second Authorization Act For The Marshall Plan Showed The Direction Congress Was Ready To Take About Breaking Down Barriers Within Europe.

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 International Trade. I Felt They Were More Self-sufficient.