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J. 333305-MONO-State Galley 502 UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF MR. HARRIMAN stated that Marshal Stalin would very likely wish to raise the question of what the Russians would get out of the Pacific war. He stated they would want the southern half of Sakhalin, and the Kuriles. They would wish to maintain the status quo in Outer Mongolia and to obtain control over the railroad running to Darien. THE PRESIDENT said he wished to have the views of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek before discussing the status quo in Mongolia but was ready to go ahead on the other questions. At this point Mr. Matthews and Mr. Hiss entered the meeting to discuss the papers prepared by the Department of State for the President.³ 3 Cf. Stettinius, pp. 84 ff. UNA Files The Secretary of State to the President 1 1 This paper is a copy of the memorandum which Stettinius said he presented to the President at the President's meeting with his advisers on February 4. Cf. Stettinius, pp. 85-87. The paper was prepared at Malta and reflects certain agreements reached there by Stettinius and Eden. See ante, pp. - MEMORANDUM OF SUGGESTED ACTION ITEMS FOR THE PRESIDENT 1. International Organization. We should seek adoption of United States proposal for voting formula and agreement to announce immediately calling of general United Nations Conference. (Copies of text of United States proposal and analysis thereof are available if you wish to hand them to Churchill and Stalin.) Argumentation: Our proposal safeguards unity of the great powers so far as is possible by any formula-enforcement action will require unanimous vote-only with respect to discussion will a party to a dispute not be able to vote. Latin American and other small powers will be disillusioned if discussion can be vetoed. Note: If the voting issue is settled, additional points would have to be agreed to before a United Nations Conference could be called: International Trusteeships, France as fifth sponsoring power, list of nations to be invited, date of conference and its being held in United States, invitations to be by United States on behalf of other four sponsoring powers, United States to consult China and France on behalf of Britain and Russia, form of announcement of agreement on International Organization matters (we have available the necessary papers on these points). 2. Adoption of Emergency European High Commission. (Copies of draft text of declaration and of accompanying protocol are available if you wish to hand them to Stalin and Churchill.) Argumentation: Unity of great power policy with respect to liberated and Axis satellite countries is highly desirable, and France should be included as one of the great powers for this purpose. 3. Treatment of Germany. (a) Final agreement should be reached with respect to control machinery and zones of occupation. Announcement should be made of such agreement and of the earlier agreement on surrender terms. (b) Boundaries: It is not expected that definitive, detailed com- mitments will have to be made at this time. However, if it proves

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