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The '''First Moscow Conference''' of [[World War II]] took place from September 29, 1941 to October 1, 1941. |
The '''First Moscow Conference''' of [[World War II]] took place from September 29, 1941<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78130503|title=Three-Power Talks Begin|date=1941-09-30|work=Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954)|access-date=2018-07-15|pages=1}}</ref> to October 1, 1941. |
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The conference was proposed following the meeting between British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] and US [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] at [[Placentia Bay]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44952852|title=THREE POWER CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW|date=1941-08-18|work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954)|access-date=2018-07-14|pages=7}}</ref> |
The conference was proposed following the meeting between British [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] and US [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] at [[Placentia Bay]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44952852|title=THREE POWER CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW|date=1941-08-18|work=Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954)|access-date=2018-07-14|pages=7}}</ref> |
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"Comrade Stalin requested the American Ambassador ([[Laurence Steinhardt]]) and the British Ambassador (Sir [[Stafford Cripps]]) to convey to President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill respectively the heartfelt thanks of the peoples of the [[Soviet Union]] and of the Soviet Government for their readiness to aid the U.S.S.R. in its war of liberation against Hitlerite [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]".<ref name=":0" /> |
"Comrade Stalin requested the American Ambassador ([[Laurence Steinhardt]]) and the British Ambassador (Sir [[Stafford Cripps]]) to convey to President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill respectively the heartfelt thanks of the peoples of the [[Soviet Union]] and of the Soviet Government for their readiness to aid the U.S.S.R. in its war of liberation against Hitlerite [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]".<ref name=":0" /> |
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[[W. Averell Harriman]] representing the [[United States of America]] and [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]] representing the [[United Kingdom]] met with [[ |
[[W. Averell Harriman]] representing the [[United States of America]] and [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]] representing the [[United Kingdom]] met with [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs) presiding.<ref name=":1" /> |
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The agreement, known as the First Protocol, was signed on 1 October 1941. The agreement was set to run until June 1942. It promised the Soviet Union 400 aircraft, 500 tanks and 10,000 trucks a month in addition to other supplies.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767579461|title=Kiev 1941 : Hitler's battle for supremacy in the East|last=1975-|first=Stahel, David,|date=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781107014596|location=Cambridge|oclc=767579461}}</ref> |
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In a speech of 6 November 1941 to mark the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution stated - |
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“the three power conference in Moscow with the participation of Mr. [''Lord''] Beaverbrook, the representative of Great Britain, and Mr. Harriman, representative of the United States of America, decided upon systematic assistance to our country with tanks and airplanes. As is well known we have already begun to receive tanks and airplanes on the basis of this decision. Even previously Great Britain had guaranteed the supply to our country of deficit materials such as aluminum, lead, tin, nickel, and rubber. If to this is added the fact that a few days ago the United States of America decided to grant a loan of one billion dollars to the Soviet Union, one can say with assurance that the coalition of the United States of America, Great Britain and the U. S. S. R., is a reality (stormy applause) which is increasing and will increase for the good of our common cause.[”]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1941v01/d652|title=Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, |
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1941, General, The Soviet Union, Volume I - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-07-15}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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The First Moscow Conference of World War II took place from September 29, 1941[1] to October 1, 1941.
The conference was proposed following the meeting between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Placentia Bay.[2]
A joint message was sent to from Churchill and Roosevelt to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin with the proposal. An announcement on Radio Moscow stated -
"Comrade Stalin requested the American Ambassador (Laurence Steinhardt) and the British Ambassador (Sir Stafford Cripps) to convey to President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill respectively the heartfelt thanks of the peoples of the Soviet Union and of the Soviet Government for their readiness to aid the U.S.S.R. in its war of liberation against Hitlerite Germany".[2]
W. Averell Harriman representing the United States of America and Lord Beaverbrook representing the United Kingdom met with Vyacheslav Molotov (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs) presiding.[1]
The agreement, known as the First Protocol, was signed on 1 October 1941. The agreement was set to run until June 1942. It promised the Soviet Union 400 aircraft, 500 tanks and 10,000 trucks a month in addition to other supplies.[3]
In a speech of 6 November 1941 to mark the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution stated -
“the three power conference in Moscow with the participation of Mr. [Lord] Beaverbrook, the representative of Great Britain, and Mr. Harriman, representative of the United States of America, decided upon systematic assistance to our country with tanks and airplanes. As is well known we have already begun to receive tanks and airplanes on the basis of this decision. Even previously Great Britain had guaranteed the supply to our country of deficit materials such as aluminum, lead, tin, nickel, and rubber. If to this is added the fact that a few days ago the United States of America decided to grant a loan of one billion dollars to the Soviet Union, one can say with assurance that the coalition of the United States of America, Great Britain and the U. S. S. R., is a reality (stormy applause) which is increasing and will increase for the good of our common cause.[”][4]
See also
- Second Moscow Conference (1942)
- Third Moscow Conference (1943)
- Fourth Moscow Conference (1944) (TOLSTOY)
- List of World War II conferences
- ^ a b "Three-Power Talks Begin". Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954). 1941-09-30. p. 1. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- ^ a b "THREE POWER CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW". Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). 1941-08-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ^ 1975-, Stahel, David, (2011). Kiev 1941 : Hitler's battle for supremacy in the East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107014596. OCLC 767579461.
{{cite book}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, General, The Soviet Union, Volume I - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
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