He once said to Ambassador Bullitt, “I think that if I give him everything I possibly can and ask nothing of him in return, noblesse oblige, he won’t try to annex anything and will work with me for a world of democracy and peace.” He believed that by cooperating fully and amicably with Stalin on such matters as OVERLORD, and meeting legitimate demands such as access to a warm-water port like Dairen, he could bring the Soviet Union wholeheartedly into the planned league of united nations. In the cordial mood of a historic meeting he formed the conclusion that Stalin was “getatable” and could be
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