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J. 333305-MONO-State
Galley
90
UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
2. NEGOTIATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON
PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS
Editorial Note
In view of the fact that this volume is to be published prior to the
annual Foreign Relations volumes for the years 1944 and 1945 it was
felt desirable to present in this section a collection of documents de-
signed to show in broad outline the pre-conference status of the prin-
cipal subjects which came up for discussion at Malta or Yalta. In
general, the pre-conference period as defined for the purposes of this
volume is the period, extending back into the mid-autumn of 1944,
during which the plans and policies for the forthcoming tripartite
conference were being developed. For all subjects treated in this
chapter, the editors have endeavored to find and include primarily
those key documents which highlight the nature of each problem and
show the policy position taken by the United States Government on
each major issue that subsequently came up for consideration
at
Malta and Yalta. In view of the present limitations of time and
space, a fuller coverage of these subjects will have to await the ap-
pearance of the annual Foreign Relations volumes for the years of
World War II.
Although the Combined Chiefs of Staff had an agenda for the mili-
tary discussions at Malta and Yalta (post, pp.-.) there was no fixed
agenda for the political discussions at either conference. For several
months preceding the conferences, however, a number of subjects
were considered in the diplomatic correspondence and in correspond-
ence within the United States Government as subjects which should
be taken up at the forthcoming conference or conferences of the
heads of government. All subjects of this type have been included
in this chapter, and particular effort has been made to include under
these topics all significant documents which were prepared in antici-
pation of the forthcoming "Big Three" meeting. For some subjects,
of course, there were no significant, high-level negotiations in the
several months immediately preceding the conferences.
Also included are papers from the so-called Yalta Briefing Book
which was prepared for the use of Secretary Stettinius and President
Roosevelt. The subjects treated in this chapter have been arranged
in an order parallel to the order in which those subjects appear in
the Briefing Book, except that Briefing Book papers on subjects
that were not mentioned at Malta or Yalta have been omitted.
Briefing Book papers will be found at the end of each subject dealt
with in this chapter except for the last six subjects, on which there
were no studies or recommendations in the Briefing Book.
The great majority of Briefing Book papers are undated. A num-
ber of them were completed as early as November 1944, as evi-
denced by the following excerpt from a memorandum, dated
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