Roosevelt 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. - SearchQuotes

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Roosevelt 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.

W Averell Harriman

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