[Zathras]

Much of this is documented in Richard Rhodes "Dark Sun".
Ann hasn't won a Puliser Prize, but then Richard doesn't look as good in a mini-skirt.

[Onelifetogive]

Roosevelt, with Hiss at his side whispering his "advice" in his ear, sold Eastern Europe into Soviet captivity.

The difference between one, such as FDR, who would consent to the enslavement of millions of people, and someone, such as Ronald Reagan, who would devote his live to the freeing of those millions is all but indescribable. How do words capture the sentiment?

We have 100 Million people in this country who would say FDR was the "greater" president. Sad!!!

[RaceBannon]

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Just finished chapter 9. Great book.

[George Smiley]

Again I recommend Chambers' autobiography, Witness.

[ex-snook]

Does she shed any light on who led the McCarthy lynch mob that included Eisenhower? That would really take the book beyond Venona.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[Common Tator]

I don't know if it is in her book but Truman in his oral biography published 40 years ago, says that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to Joseph Stalin as Uncle Joe. Truman implied that Roosevelt thought of Joe Stalin as if he were a blood relative.

Truman said Stalin often got Roosevelt drunk at meetings. Truman said Stalin always drank vodka. At the Yalta meeting Truman picked up Stalins glass and tasted it.... Truman said it was plain water.

There was much spin put on the close relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt, but by examining in the conflicts between Churchill and Stalin you will see how often Roosevelt came down on the side of Stalin... That is some confirmation of Roosevelt's underling status to Stalin.

Roosevelt used the media "Drew Pearson" to take down General Patton. Roosevelt would not tolerate any statements against Stalin and Communism. Patton certainly recognized the threat posed to us by the Soviet Union. But Truman also bought the spin of ("can't we all just get along") Dean Acheson. Truman called the case against Alger Hiss a read hearing. When Acheson was Secretary of State under Truman... many referred to Acheson as the RED DEAN. It was Acheson who told the world we did not care about Korea... That stupid statement lead to the Korean war and 50 thousand American deaths.

Nearly all of the Soviet Spies were recruited and placed in our government during the Roosevelt administration.

I think Roosevelt like many who are born to riches and power they did not earn, are very attracted to a system of enforced equality. They espouse a system in which they could not even exist. Jane Fonda is an example. Who believes her movie success is because of her dad Henry Fonda. The funny thing is such people do indeed embrace the Communist ideal, but never want to give up their own wealth, power, or fame.

[ApesForEvolution]

FDR was a traitor of the highest order. He should have hung high.

[jimt]

Eleanor Roosevelt attended meetings of the "Young Communists League" according to an autobiography of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor. I have a signed copy.

[montag813]

This is my personal favorite...

[dark_lord]

It is interesting that the now declassified "Project Venona" that Ann cites in several footnotes was kept secret from both FDR and from Truman - the implication being that neither could be trusted with the knowledge of the existance of the project.

[Caesar Soze]

FDR pretty much asked Uncle Joe to politically date rape him. Read all about it in How Uncle Joe Bugged FDR. He ignored any and all evidence that the Soviets might not be the knight in shining armor atop the white horse he, in his pubescent school-girl mentality, wished them to be.

[Verginius Rufus]

I haven't seen the book yet, but FDR was holding some weak cards at Yalta: the Red army was already occupying much of Eastern Europe by February 1945, and FDR was eager to get Stalin to join in the war against Japan. FDR made some efforts to gain free elections and better borders for Poland because of the importance of the Polish vote in critical states. In retrospect many of the agreements made at Yalta were disastrous (e.g., the division of Korea), but could have seemed at the time like the best that could be obtained...and some of the negative consequences for Eastern Europe flowed from decisions made before Yalta.

[Freee-dame]

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[Bonaparte]

"Berle went to Dean Acheson, then Roosevelt's undersecretary of the Treasury. He refused to believe Berle..."

There is a reason Joe McCarthy called Acheson a "striped pants *sshole."

[SwinneySwitch]

"...those who sought to expose communist espionage who were attacked and slandered, while the spies and their supporters were rewarded and praised by the leftist establishment."

Nothing new here!

[Tailgunner Joe]

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