No matter. By the Army’s failing to plan properly (and one must ask, how could the Army plan properly in the light of Roosevelt’s pro-Soviet stance?), by virtue of the administration’s misunderstanding of the nature of the peace to come, the Americans will never recover the initiative on this issue. There will be more bitter arguments with the British about the zones of occupation. But, at this time, the deed is done. Nothing can change it. And this will affect the way the war ends in Europe and the way postwar American foreign aid is given to Europe, but restricted vis-à-vis England.
