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MARSHAL STALIN replied there was nothing to prevent them
from discussing anything they wished.
THE PRESIDENT then said the question of a post war organ-
isation to preserve peace had not been fully explained and dealt
with and he would like to discuss with the Marshal the prospect
of some or genization based on the United Nations.
THE PRESIDENT then outlined the following general plans
(1) There would be a large organization composed of
some 35 members of the United Nations which would meet period-
ically at different places, discuss and make recommendations to
a smaller body.
MARSHAL STALIN inquired whether this organisation was to
be world wide or European, to which the President replied, world-
wide.
THE PRESIDENT continued that there would be set up an
executive committee composed of the Soviet Union, the United States,
United Kingdom and China, together with two additional European
states, one South American, one Near East, one Far Eastern country,
and one British Dominion. He mentioned that Mr. Churchill did
not like this proposal for the reason that the British Empire only
had two votes. This Executive Committee would-deal with all non-
military questions such as agriculture, food, health, and economic
questions, as well as the setting up of an International Committee.
This Committee would likewise meet in various places.
MARSHAL STALIN inquired whether this body would have the
right to make decisions binding on the nations of the world.
THE PRESIDENT replied, yes and no. It could make recommend-
ations for settling disputes with the hope that the nations
concerned would be guided thereby, but that, for example, he
did not believe the Congress of the United States would accept
as binding a decision of such a body. The President then turned
to the third organization which he termed "The Four Policemen,"
namely, the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, and China,
This organization would have the power to deal immediately with
any threat to the peace and any sudden emergency which requires
this action. He went on to say that in 1935, when Italy attacked
Ethiopia, the only machinery in existence was the League of Nations.
DECLASSIFIED
B.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) OT (T)
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Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
NLTHL
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