Cold War Document D Harry Wallace

Sourcing: How reliable is Wallace to speak about foreign affairs in your opinion?

Context: Letter from Secretary of Commerce and former Vice President Henry A. Wallace to President Harry S. Truman, July 23, 1946. Before or After Novikov in September 1946?

His letter starts "I have been increasingly disturbed about the trend of international affairs since the end of the war." What war is he referring to?

"I cannot but feel what these actions must make it look to the rest of the world as if we were only paying lip service to peace at the conference table." Your opinion: Having a large military promotes war.

Wallace continues..."These facts rather make it appear either...

Question: Which of his predications is more correct?

Our interest is establishing democracy in Eastern Europe, where democracy by and large has never existed, seems to [the Soviets] an attempt to reestablish the encirclement of unfriendly neighbors which might serve as a springboard of still another effort to destroy [them]. Who is Wallace blaming for the start of The Cold War?

Which text evidence best explains why Wallace an loyal American is blaming the USA for the Start of the Cold War?