Meeting with his confidante, Archbishop (later, Cardinal) Spellman in New York on September 3, Roosevelt stated, "The European people will simply have to endure Russian domination, in the hope that in ten or twenty years they will be able to live well with the Russians."
Under et møde med kardinal Spellman i New York den 3. september udtalte Roosevelt: "De europæiske folk må simpelthen udholde russisk dominans i håb om, at om ti eller tyve år kan de leve godt sammen med russerne."