Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin littafin tarihinsa na Churchill, Roy Jenkins ya rubuta cewa yarjejeniyar "ta ba da shawarar Realpolitik yankuna na tasiri a cikin Balkans. [Churchill] ya ce 'Amurkawa za su yi mamaki idan suka ga yadda ya faɗi hakan.'" Masanin tarihi David Carlton ya lura da cewa "[Tare da kwangilar Oktoba] an yi yarjejeniya mai kyau idan an yi yarjejeniya a kan batun da ya fi muhimmanci ga Churchill: yana da yardar Stalin don kula da Girka
kamar yadda ya ga ya dace". Anthony Eden ya rubuta cewa watanni kafin taron, shi da Churchill sun tattauna batun kuma "mun ji cewa muna da 'yancin neman goyon bayan Soviet don manufarmu [game da Girka] a musayar goyon bayan da muke bayarwa ga manufofin Soviet game da Romania". Masanin tarihin Burtaniya Richard Crampton ya bayyana yarjejeniyar a matsayin "rashin daraja" tare da Churchill da Stalin a cikin "salon farar hula" suna rarraba Gabashin Turai zuwa yankuna masu tasiri ba tare da wani ƙoƙari na tuntuɓar mutanen da abin ya shafa ba.