The swift grey waters of the Rhine last week divided the realm of European Communism. The Kremlin had faced a choice between vanquished Germany and victorious, allied France. With icy calm, it had chosen Germany.
"The time has come," Molotov had said in Paris, "when we should discuss the fate of Germany." He held not one but two fates in store for the Reich. Most of his plan presented Russia as the great and only champion of German independence. As though the Russians had never raised the cry of vengeance, Molotov preached an unvengeful peace, called for economic reconstruction, demanded a centralized...
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