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Document C.
Source: Dwight D. Eisenhower, recollections of a July 1945 meeting with President Harry S Truman
(1948)
Another item on which I ventured to advise President Truman involved the Soviet's intention to
enter the Japanese war. I told him that since reports indicated the imminence of Japan's collapse, I
deprecated the Red Army's engaging in that war. I foresaw certain difficulties arising out of such
participation and suggested that, at the very least, we ought not to put ourselves in the position of
requesting or begging for Soviet aid. It was my personal opinion that no power on earth could keep
the Red Army out of that war unless victory came before they could get in.
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Transcribed Image Text:Document C. Source: Dwight D. Eisenhower, recollections of a July 1945 meeting with President Harry S Truman (1948) Another item on which I ventured to advise President Truman involved the Soviet's intention to enter the Japanese war. I told him that since reports indicated the imminence of Japan's collapse, I deprecated the Red Army's engaging in that war. I foresaw certain difficulties arising out of such participation and suggested that, at the very least, we ought not to put ourselves in the position of requesting or begging for Soviet aid. It was my personal opinion that no power on earth could keep the Red Army out of that war unless victory came before they could get in. (
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