I believe these countries were already occupied by the Red Army when FDR recognized them as part of the Soviet sphere of influence.
FDR never "had them," so he couldn't "give" them to Stalin.
However, he didn't have to recognize the Soviet occupation as legitimate.
COMMUNISM WAS/IS WORSE THAN NAZISM.
Nazis blamed "inferior races" for all the world's problems. If you lived in Nazi Germany and were unfortunate enough to be of an "inferior race", you knew would eventually be targeted for extermination and you could either accept your fate or get out of the country.
Communists, OTOH, blame pariah "classes" for all the world's problems. The problem with that distinction is that it is completely arbitrary. On any given day, the Father of the Peoples could decide that you are a member of a pariah class, i.e. an "enemy of the people", and have you thrown in a camp or executed. Every citizen of the Soviet Union (even Stalin's closest confidants) was a potential target.
Such arbitrary, capricious, and random TERROR visited on an ENTIRE NATION was the apotheosis of evil.
Under Public Law 103-199, our Foundation has been authorized to design, construct and maintain an international Memorial to the more than 100 million victims of communism. For the past 18 months, we have appeared before federal and city commissions seeking approval of a site for our Memorial.
We now report, with a sense of pride and elation, that we have received official approval of a wonderful Capitol Hill site for our Memorial at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and G Street, N.W. Our site is across from the Georgetown University Law Center and only two blocks from Union Station and the Metro.
There is a clear view of the U.S. Capitol, topped by the famous Statue of Freedom. An unobstructed view of the Capitol was a top priority because at the heart of our Memorial is a 10-foot bronze replica of the "Democracy" statue erected by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square in 1989 and based on our own Statue of Liberty.
We need a real, no-punches-pulled, Mel-Gibson-style movie about the horrors of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, none of our fellow-traveler American movie makers would be interested. Maybe Mel would consider it?
What can I say Joe, communists tried to kill me.
Forget hell!
And now a toast, "To all those, still at sea!".