Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Victory and a secure peace are the only coin in which we can be repaid.

I think that it is a pretty fair guess to say that there will be a transition period.

The Congress, in passing and extending the Lend-Lease Act, made it plain that the United States wants no new war debts to jeopardize the com...

The victors will maintain the peace during that transition period, and they will try out things.