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THE PRESIDENT then suggested that the whole matter be left to the
Commission in Moscow.11
11 It appears that the note of Hopkins, post, p. -, was passed to the President
at about this point.
MARSHAL STALIN said that he felt in principle that Germany should
pay reparations which would be stated by the three Governments here.
MR. MOLOTOV said that yesterday Mr. Stettinius had analyzed the
results of the meeting and had reported full agreement on the first
two points of the Soviet proposal. Now the question was what
countries should receive reparations and the type of reparations and
differences only appeared between the United States and the Soviet
Delegation on the one hand and the British on the other in regard to
the naming of a sum.
MR. EDEN said that rightly or wrongly, the British Government felt
that even the naming of a sum as the basis of discussions would commit
them. He said he proposed that the Moscow Commission be in-
structed to examine the report of Mr. Maisky, made at the Crimean
Conference.
MR. MOLOTOV and MR. MAISKY both replied that to refer a ques-
tion put by the Crimean Conference to a lesser body would be utterly
illogical.
THE PRIME MINISTER said that no agreement had been reached as
to the mention of a sum.
MR. EDEN added that the first two points referred to by Mr.
Molotov were agreed upon but not the last which related to the sum.
MARSHAL STALIN repeated that he was willing to propose the
following formula: (1) that the heads of the Governments had agreed
that Germany must pay compensation for the damages caused to the
Allied nations as a result of the war, and (2) that the Moscow Com-
mission be instructed to consider the amount of reparations. This
was agreed to by the Conference.
There was then a short intermission.
THE PRESIDENT inquired whether they could discuss the British
text of the paragraph on frontiers to be added to the Polish statement.
MR. MOLOTOV replied that he had not yet received the Russian
translation.
MARSHAL STALIN then said that he would like to say a few words
about the Montreux Convention regarding the Dardanelles. He
said the treaty was now outmoded. As he recalled, the Japanese
Emperor played a big part in the treaty, even greater than that of
the Soviet Union. The treaty was linked with the League which does
not exist just as the Japanese Emperor was not present at this Con-
ference. Under the Montreux Convention the Turks have the right
to close the Straits not only in time of war but if they feel that there
is a threat of war. He said that the treaty was made at a time when
the relations between Great Britain and the Soviet Union were not
perfect, but he did not think now that Great Britain would wish to
strangle Russia with the help of the Japanese. The treaty needed
revision. He thought that there would be no objection to a considera-
tion of the revision of that treaty. He said in what manner the treaty
should be revised he did not know and he did not wish to prejudge
any decisions, but he felt that the interests of Russia should be con-
sidered. He said that it was impossible to accept a situation in which
Turkey had a hand on Russia's throat. He added, however, that it
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