Roosevelt's Recognition of the Soviet Union Was Undertaken Partly

Roosevelt's recognition of the Soviet Union was undertaken partly

A) in order to win support from American Catholics.
B) because the Soviet leadership seemed to be modifying its harsher communist policies.
C) in hope of developing a diplomatic counterweight to the rising power of Japan and Germany.
D) to win favor with American liberals and leftists.
E) to import grain from the Ukraine for Americans left hungry from the Great Depression.