The Russians Obtained A Number Of Plants

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.

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.

The Russians Often Took Advantage Of Lend-lease.

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.

The War Changed Everybody's Attitude. We Became International Almost Overnight.