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J. 333305MONO-State
Galley 393
UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
and, above all, their purpose to create the peace in terms of inter-
national organization. The references to international organization
should not be limited to the security organization only, but much
should be made of the intention to remove the causes of war in the
economic and social field and to improve the lot of humanity through
advances in education, in health, in food, etc., in living standards
generally, etc. etc. This part of the communiqué would gain great
strength if it included an announcement of the date of the next
United Nations meeting for the purpose of the continuation of the
conversations begun at Dumbarton Oaks.
The point should be made that actions taken with reference to
Germany will be taken by the three principal belligerents in their
capacity as nations allied for the prosecution of the war, whereas the
creation of the peace will be the work of the three allied powers acting
in concert with the United Nations.
A third part of the communiqué would deal with the policy of the
Allies toward liberated areas. It would be a blessing to the world if
we could walk straight up to this question. If the Allies are agreed
on the two points which have been repeatedly made by the President
and the Secretary of State, and if the two points could be stated in
conjunction, it would go far to clear up one of the most potentially
dangerous spots in the whole public opinion pieture. The two points
are, first, that the peoples of the liberated areas are to have an op-
portunity, when conditions permit them to express their will, to decide
for themselves what kind of government they want; second, that they
can have any kind of government they want, so long as it is not a
government, the existence of which would endanger the peace of the
world-and a fascist government, in our opinion, does endanger the
peace of the world by its mere existence.
ARCHIBALD MACLEISH
[This memorandum was discussed with Mr. Dunn on January 23.
Mr. Dunn suggested the inclusion of the brief paragraph inserted as
the first full paragraph on Page 2 of the memorandum. Otherwise
Mr. Dunn approved the document for the purpose for which it was
prepared.] A MACL[EISH]
2 Brackets appear in the original.
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