Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munhoroondo yake yakakurumbira yaChurchill, Roy Jenkins anonyora kuti chibvumirano chacho "chakaronga Realpolitik nzvimbo dzesimba muBalkans. Chinyorwa che[Foreign Office] chakashuma [Churchill] seakataura kuti 'vaAmerica vaizokatyamadzwa kudai vakaona kuti akanga azvitaura nenzira yakashata sei.'" Wezvenhau David Carlton nenzira yakafanana anocherekedza kuti "[Nechibvumirano chaOctober] chibvumirano chakajeka kana chisiri chakarongwa chakanga chaitwa papfundo raikosha zvikurusa kuna Churchill: akanga ane mvumo yaStalin yokubata neGreece
sezvaakaona zvakakodzera". Anthony Eden akanyora kuti mwedzi misangano isati yaitwa, iye naChurchill vakanga vakurukura nhau yacho uye "takanzwa kuti takanga tine kodzero yokukumbira kutsigirwa kweSoviet nokuda kwepurogiramu yedu [mune chokuita neGreece] mukutsinhana nokutsigirwa kwataiva tichiita purogiramu yeSoviet ine chokuita neRomania". Wezvenhau weBritain Richard Crampton akarondedzera chibvumirano chacho se"chinonyadzisa" naChurchill naStalin mu"nzira yokunyanyisa" vachigovera Eastern Europe munzvimbo dzesimba pasina kuedza kubvunza vanhu vanobatanidzwa.