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"Outside Munich's Gothic Rathaus, now the seat of the U.S. Military Government, I talked with a short, stocky corporal who told with relish how he had just returned from forbidden Vienna, where he had served with a liaison mission. That mission, he said, was carried out successfully in an atmosphere of trust and good will. And incidentally, he added that the Viennese seemed surprised but happy under Russian occupation, which so far has netted them a larger food ration than Austrians get in the American zone, and also a government chosen from their own people.
"These are but a few of the signs I have seen that American-Russian relations, though hampered by inadequate liaison, are on a relaxed and easy basis in this quarter of the globe.
"The U.S. Army is deployed through Central Europe for peace. If it were not for khaki and helmets, our troops would look like trippers rather than soldiers. What I have seen in Central Europe looks suspiciously like peace between America and Russia."