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    "ocrText": "CONF IDENTIAL\nF-63\nDOCUMENT X\nPresident Truman to Generalissimo Stalin,\nletter dated at the Berlin Conference, July 31, 1945\n(files of the Executive Secretariat)\nParagraph 5 of the Declaration signed at Moscow,\nOctober 30, 1943 by the United States, the Soviet\nUnion, the United Kingdom and China, provides:\n\"5. That for the purpose of maintaining inter-\nnational peace and security pending the re-\nestablishment of law and order and the in-\nauguration of a system of general security,\nthey will consult with one another and as\noccasion requires with other members of the\nUnited Nations with a view to joint action on\nbehalf of the community of nations.\nArticle 106 of the proposed Charter of the\nUnited Nations provides:\n\"Pending the coming into force of such special\nagreements referred to in Article 43 as in the\nopinion of the Security Council enable it to\nbegin the exercise of its responsibilities\nunder Article 42, the parties to the Four-\nNation Declaration, signed at Moscow, October\n30, 1943, and France, shall, in accordance\nwith the provisions of paragraph 5 of that\nDeclaration, consult with one another and as\noccasion requires with other Members of the\nUnited Nations with a view to such joint action\non behalf of the Organization as may be neçes- -\nsary for the purpose of maintaining inter-\nnational peace and security.\"\nArticle 103 of the Charter provides:\n\"In the event of a conflict between the obli-\ngations of the Members of the United Nations\nunder the present Charter and their obliga- -\ntions under any other international agreement,\ntheir obligations under the present Charter\nshall prevail. \"\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and stor) EM\nDept. of Stase letter, Aug. 9, 1973\nCONFIDENTIAL\nNLE. He NARS Date 3-26-76"
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