W. Averell Harriman's Profile
Brief about W. Averell Harriman: By info that we know W. Averell Harriman was born at 1970-01-01. And also W. Averell Harriman is American Politician.
Some W. Averell Harriman's quotes. Goto "W. Averell Harriman's quotation" section for more.We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender.
Tags: Against, Fight, WrongAmericans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.
Tags: Drink, Movies, WantedConferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
Tags: Left, Level, TopThe war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
Tags: Attitude, Everybody, WarThere's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta.
Tags: Europe, Gave, MythActually 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 Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.
Tags: Actually, Europe, ExperienceAs 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.
Tags: Far, Felt, WantedHow could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it.
Tags: Giving, Money, PutI think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.
Tags: Afraid, Him, InfluenceI think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
Tags: May, Mind, WarI was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States.
Tags: After, Business, GreatIt 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.
Tags: Economic, Felt, PlanIt was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me - I spoke with him many times - that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
Tags: Fear, Happen, HimMuch of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in a very real way in the recovery of Russia.
Tags: Away, Real, SensePoland, 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.
Tags: Control, Country, RememberRoosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.
Tags: Broken, Stop, ThoughtRoosevelt 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 been the same since.
Tags: Change, Leadership, RevolutionThe 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.
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