The War Changed Everybody's Attitude. We Became

I Always Read Everything On The Desks Of People I Went To See In Moscow, London, Paris I Found It Quite Useful.

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 Something To Save Europe From Economic Disaster Which Would Encourage The Communist Takeover.

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.

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 Possible Convert All Of Their Manufacturing Facilities To The Immediate Needs Of The War, Including Civilian, As Well As Military Requirements.

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.