The Council of Foreign Ministers
The conference's first act and its main institutional legacy: a standing council of the five powers to draft the peace treaties, seated in London.
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20 JulyRan hottest
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- 16 July 1945Waiting For Stalin
He sounded tired and seemed rather discouraged. Great Britain had just held national elections on July 5th and the results would not be in for a week or so until all the ballots overseas had come in. Given the fact that the current British government would be playing a key role in orchestrating a peace treaty for a defeated Germany – not to mention the fact that WWII was still raging on in the Pacific – holding these elections, which actually could have been deferred until…
Read it in place → - 17 July 1945The Big Three
President Truman introduced the Potsdam Conference’s first order of business by pointing out the urgency of establishing a ‘Council of Foreign Ministers’ that would be responsible for sorting out the European settlements in Germany and in the other nations that were part of the so-called ‘Rome-Berlin Axis’ during WWII. This council would be headed by the foreign ministers from France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, who would then be responsible…
Read it in place → - 20 July 1945Peace In Italy
At the first plenary session, the Big Three approved the creation of a Council of Foreign Ministers, making it the first approved act of the Potsdam Conference. This council would be charged with the responsibility for sorting out the European settlements and preparing peace treaties. The only details left to discuss were the general logistics of where and when the council would meet.
Read it in place → - 24 July 1945The Nuclear Age Begins
It was certainly the complexity of the issues that put agreements on hold day after day. The Americans – and the British for the most part – favored the establishment of a peace treaty with Italy, but Stalin made hay while the sun shined out of this, arguing that if Italy should swiftly get a peace treaty and be granted admission into the United Nations, then the United States and Great Britain should be compelled to extend their enthusiasm and recognize the governments of…
Read it in place → - 31 July 1945Settling The Polish Question
And with that, Poland’s western borders were now temporarily agreed upon until a final, internationally binding agreement would be established at the future peace conference when an actual peace treaty would be signed.
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