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Secretary Hull said: "This was a plan of blind vengeance ... It failed to see that in striking at Germany it was striking at all Europe."  When the Americans did invade Germany almost their first act was, and needed to be, to work the mines to fullest production to aid the European economy.  

Secretary Hull said: "This was a plan of blind vengeance ... It failed to see that in striking at Germany it was striking at all Europe."  When the Americans did invade Germany almost their first act was, and needed to be, to work the mines to fullest production to aid the European economy.  

On September 11, Roosevelt went to Quebec to meet British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]. There, Roosevelt agreed to the Morgenthau Plan to destroy German industry and to reduce Germany to a country primarily agricultural and pastoral.

On September 11, Roosevelt went to Quebec to meet British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]]. There, Roosevelt agreed to the Morgenthau Plan to destroy German industry and to reduce Germany to a country primarily agricultural and pastoral.

Churchill had at first vigorously opposed the destruction of Germany. ­ Churchill however, seeing the approach of the war's end, was troubled about England's financial condition and anxious to get from Roosevelt a huge grant of billions of dollars for post-war use. While Churchill, Roosevelt held out against any more money. Ultimately Roosevelt yielded and agreed to give England another six billion dollars. Churchill agreed to the Morgenthau Plan.  

Churchill had at first vigorously opposed the destruction of Germany. ­ Churchill however, seeing the approach of the war's end, was troubled about England's financial condition and anxious to get from Roosevelt a huge grant of billions of dollars for post-war use. While Churchill, Roosevelt held out against any more money. Ultimately Roosevelt yielded and agreed to give England another six billion dollars. Churchill agreed to the Morgenthau Plan.  

The French later bitterly assailed the Plan. They understood too well the importance of the Ruhr to the French economy. James Byrnes, later Secretary of State, declined the post of High Commissioner for Germany because he wanted nothing to do with such a plan. The contents of the Morgenthau Plan leaked to the papers and Roosevelt became alarmed at the violence of the reaction, a fine evidence of the fundamentally decent nature of the majority of Americans. Roosevelt tried to deny what he had done. <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 3, Ch. 11, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Eleven___How_Germany_s_F.htm ''How Germany's Fate Was Sealed'']</ref>

The French later bitterly assailed the Plan. They understood too well the importance of the Ruhr to the French economy. James Byrnes, later Secretary of State, declined the post of High Commissioner for Germany because he wanted nothing to do with such a plan. The contents of the Morgenthau Plan leaked <ref>FBI Silvermaster file, Statement by Harold Glasser to Agents Garland and Mossberg, [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster116.pdf Vol. 116, pgs. 120 - 129] pdf, May 13, 1947. Glasser states: "during the conference, the press obtained details concerning the MORGANTHAU Plan before it was public. Shortly thereafter, while I was in Montreal, Canada, attending the Second Council Meeting of [[UNRRA]], EMELIO G. CALLAJO of the State Department was my roommate and I regard him as a very close friend.  During that time, I discussed the German Plan with him.  When MORGANTHAU and I had returned to the Untied States, MORGANTHAU called me to his office and accused me of the leakage to the press. I denied it at that time and of course I deny it now.  It is my opinion that through CALLAJO the State Department accused me of talking and being overheard by a newspaperman.  I know MORGANTHAU has never forgotten this and I believe that is the reason why I was passed over and [[FRANK COE]] was selected as the Director of the Division of Monetary Research when [[HARRY WHITE]] left the Treasury Department." (pgs. 128 - 129 pdf).</ref> to the papers and Roosevelt became alarmed at the violence of the reaction, a fine evidence of the fundamentally decent nature of the majority of Americans. Roosevelt tried to deny what he had done. <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 3, Ch. 11, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Eleven___How_Germany_s_F.htm ''How Germany's Fate Was Sealed'']</ref>

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