FDR was not in office when the war ended and prisoner exchanges and transfers were supposed to take place. He was deceased. That scandal lays squarely with Truman and Eisenhower. The anti-FDR fanatic often blames FDR for things that happened after his death.
Liar.
March 3, 1945, FDR cables Stalin to request 'urgently' for American teams to evacuate American prisoners of war 'liberated' by the Red Army
March 5, 1945, Stalin replied: Nyet.
"...concerning the question of prisoners of war....on the territory of Poland and other places liberated by the Red Army, there are no groups of American prisoners of war...."
"My Dear Mr. Stalin: The Complete Correspondence of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin," by Susan Butler, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. p. 299
Stalin told the British the same thing about 20,000-30,000 British ex-prisoners. "The Iron Cage," by
Nigel Cawthorne, p. 5
The west, including the US refused to repatriate Russians that were under the west's control from liberated POW camps. Discussions were just beginning and FDR died only a month after the letters you quote. How FDR would have acted or reacted is purely speculation.
I do so appreciate that you didn't debt that you are a Roosevelt boot-liker.
FDR was not in office when the war ended and prisoner exchanges and transfers were supposed to take place. He was deceased. That scandal lays squarely with Truman and Eisenhower. The anti-FDR fanatic often blames FDR for things that happened after his death.
Liar.
March 3, 1945, FDR cables Stalin to request 'urgently' for American teams to evacuate American prisoners of war 'liberated' by the Red Army
March 5, 1945, Stalin replied: Nyet.
"...concerning the question of prisoners of war....on the territory of Poland and other places liberated by the Red Army, there are no groups of American prisoners of war...."
"My Dear Mr. Stalin: The Complete Correspondence of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin," by Susan Butler, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. p. 299
Stalin told the British the same thing about 20,000-30,000 British ex-prisoners. "The Iron Cage," by
Nigel Cawthorne, p. 5
The west, including the US refused to repatriate Russians that were under the west's control from liberated POW camps. Discussions were just beginning and FDR died only a month after the letters you quote. How FDR would have acted or reacted is purely speculation.
There is no speculation in stating that Roosevelt walked away from thousands of American soldiers' lives when Stalin refused to return them.
Is there.
And after all that Roosevelt did for his inamorata.
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I’ll no longer be a ......
....socialist.