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-1320- is 91. After that first meeting with Churchill and Stalin, I returned to my temporary home at Babelsberg with high hopes. I thought we had accomplished something. I was particularly optimistic about the good impression that I had gained of Premier Stalin. On the basis Radhoped of our acquaintance thus far, I liked him. I thought he was a man Incentruly who would keep his agreements and make the Russian people go along Me hoped. with him. Harry Hopkins, while on his mission to Moscow for me earlier in the yeary had had exactly the same impression, and had expressed his conviction that Stalin would keep his agreements when he knew what the facts were. We had much to learn on this subject. This promised to be one of the most interesting jobs I had ever held in the capacity of chairman. I had had a great deal of the Senatz and its experience at presiding over various committees and the Senate, but this situation was unique. I saw that I was going to be sitting at as Potsdam/presiding officer trying to keep the thing in a groove and that the other two were going to be trying to take it out of the groove. Their seconds politicalisteusts