On this day in 1944, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin begin a nine-day conference in Moscow, during which the war with Germany and the future of Europe are discussed. Churchill wanted every nation to be free to select the government most amenable to its people, especially smaller, more vulnerable nations. Let them work out their own fortunes during the years that lie ahead. Churchill was frank about the Wests fear of expansionist communism. But none of what was discussed was carved in stone or even put on paper--a fact that would be all too obvious as the Cold War commenced.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:23:50 +0000
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