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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-M o N O-State\nGalley 583\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nFor example, in the event that Argentina raised a complaint against\nthe United States.\nTHE PRESIDENT then said that he recalled that in the Tehran\nDeclaration the Three Powers had stated:\n\"We recognize fully the supreme responsibility resting upon us and\nall the nations to make a peace which will command good 6\" will from\nthe overwhelming masses of the peoples of the world.\n6 Points appear in the original.\nTHE PRESIDENT added that he thought this Declaration was\npertinent to the discussion in progress.\nTHE PRIME MINISTER said that since he saw no reason to fear\nthe United States proposals he was glad to associate the British\nGovernment with them. He added that because of our great power,\nwhich is still protected by the veto if we do not agree, we should\nallow others to be heard.\nMARSHAL STALIN said that he would like to have this document\nto study, since only hearing it orally it was impossible to catch all\nof the implications. He said that the Dumbarton Oaks proposals\nalready give the right of discussion in the assembly, but he did not\nbelieve that any nation would be satisfied with expressing its opinion.\nThey would want some decision. He said that if Mr. Churchill\nthought that China after raising the question of Hongkong would be\nsatisfied with merely expressing her opinion, he was mistaken since\nChina would want a decision. The same was true of Egypt in the\npossible question of the Suez Canal. He added that it was not a\nquestion of one power or three powers desiring to be masters of the\nworld since he felt that the Dumbarton Oaks organization put a\nbrake on that. He said that he would like to ask for further clarifi-\ncation on what powers Mr. Churchill had in mind when he spoke of\na desire to rule the world. He said that he was sure Great Britain\nhad no such desire, nor did the United States and that that left\nonly the U. S. S. R.\nTHE PRIME MINISTER replied that he had spoken of the three\nGreat Powers who could collectively place themselves so high over\nthe others that the whole world would say these three desired to rule.\nMARSHAL STALIN then said ironically that it looks as though two\nGreat Powers have already accepted a document which would avoid\nany such accusation but that the third has not yet signified its assent.\nHe then went on to say that in his opinion there was a more serious\nquestion than the voting procedure or the question of the domination\nof the world. They all knew that as long as the three of them lived\nnone of them would involve their countries in aggressive actions, but\nafter all, ten years from now none of them might be present. A new\ngeneration would come into being not knowing the horrors of the\npresent war. He felt that there was, therefore, an obligation to\ncreate for the future generation such an organization as would secure\npeace for at least fifty years. He said the main thing was to prevent\nquarrels in the future between the three Great Powers and that the\ntask, therefore, was to secure their unity for the future. The covenant\nof the new World Organization should have this as its primary task.\nHe said the greatest danger was conflict between the three Great\nPowers represented here, but that if unity could be preserved there\nwas little danger of the renewal of German aggression. He said,"
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