can find any nation, wherever it may dwell, between dusk and dawn. Surely we should work with conscious purpose for a grand pacification of Europe within the structure of the United Nations and in accordance with its Charter. That, I feel, opens a course of policy of very great importance.” Although Churchill's view was shared by some members of the U.S. administration (in February, George F. Kennan proposed that the United States adopt a policy of "containment" toward the USSR in Europe), his speech had a mixed reception. Senator Arthur Kapper of Missouri accused Churchill of trying to secure U.S. support to preserve the British Empire. ...
