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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. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#been #control #country #course #europe

The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#lend-lease #often #russians #took

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

— W. Averell Harriman

#attitude #became #changed #everybody #international

There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#eastern #eastern europe #europe #every #every day

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#democracy #exercise #those #who

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 nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#better #biggest #both #britain #each

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. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#british #civilian #convert #export #facilities

We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#became #brutality #convinced #great #great war

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#barriers #breakdown #europe #eventually #feet

It's a job and we're going to work together for six months, so let's have a good time. ↗

— Desmond Harrington

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