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essential part of this program, and any weakness in connection
therewith on our part will bear bad fruit in Germany itself.
In this connection one must have an understanding of
the German psychology. For generations the Germans have been
taught that might is right and that force must control, and
have been taught that ruthlessness is an essential element,
and they will be the first to recognize not only the justice
but the necessity of broad and prompt and adequate action
with respect to the principal war criminals.
Parenthetically, in this connection I would like to make
the following observations which I believe are pertinent in
this matter. The United States and Russia today are the
two principal world powers. While England remains a great
power, her military, economic, and general strength are less
than those of the United States and Ruasia. We are the
principal world power today. We are stronger politically,
economically, and in a military sense than any other country,
and stronger in all these fields than Russia. In the political
field we are still stronger than Russia, but in this field
she is making great headway because of the ruthlessness and
definiteness of her policy, and she is determined to make
further headway. We may find ourselves in a relatively short
time confronted by a Russia with political influence which may
be as great as ours.
AREA E.S. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS GOVERNMENT TRUMAH AND VIDRANT
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