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==Western betrayal==

==Western betrayal==

[[Image:Yaltaagreement.JPG|right|thumb|500px|Areas agreed to by FDR at Yalta and Teheran for Soviet dominion facilitated by [[Lend-lease]] aid; the white areas constitute the "Free World."]]

[[Image:Yaltaagreement.JPG|right|thumb|500px|Areas agreed to by FDR at Yalta and Teheran for Soviet dominion facilitated by [[Lend-lease]] aid; the white areas constitute the "Free World."]]

The [[United Nations]] plan, which had been agreed to in principle by Soviet Union long before, was no longer an issue. There was the question of voting to be settled and this was done without any difficulty by agreeing in full to Stalin's desires. The formal proposal to hand over eastern Poland east of the [[Curzon Line]] was made by Roosevelt himself.<ref>''Speaking Frankly'', James F. Byrnes, New York: Harper & Bros., 1947, p. 29.</ref>  In western Poland, Stalin already had a government there representing no one but Stalin. FDR agreed, however, that this provisional government should be "reorganized" to include "democratic leaders from Poles abroad."  Stalin agreed to hold an election, which he said "he could do in a month." The election was not held for 23 months and Poland ended with nothing but Communists in the government <ref>''Speaking Frankly'', Byrnes, op.cit., p. 32.</ref> of a country where they did not represent 10 per cent of the people, while the other elements fled Poland for their lives. To compensate Poland it was agreed to give Poland a part of East Prussia, a totally German land. The Yalta conference was, as it has come to be known in Poland, Eastern Europe, China, and much of the world, the [[Western betrayal]] of democratic allies who had fought for the principals of [[self-determination]].

The [[United Nations]] plan, which had been agreed to in principle by Soviet Union long before, was no longer an issue. There was the question of voting to be settled and this was done without any difficulty by agreeing in full to Stalin's desires. The formal proposal to hand over eastern [[Poland]] east of the [[Curzon Line]] was made by Roosevelt himself.<ref>''Speaking Frankly'', James F. Byrnes, New York: Harper & Bros., 1947, p. 29.</ref>  In western Poland, Stalin already had a government there representing no one but Stalin. FDR agreed, however, that this provisional government should be "reorganized" to include "democratic leaders from Poles abroad."  Stalin agreed to hold an election, which he said "he could do in a month." The election was not held for 23 months and Poland ended with nothing but Communists in the government <ref>''Speaking Frankly'', Byrnes, op.cit., p. 32.</ref> of a country where they did not represent 10 per cent of the people, while the other elements fled Poland for their lives. To compensate Poland it was agreed to give Poland a part of East Prussia, a totally German land. The Yalta conference was, as it has come to be known in Poland, Eastern Europe, China, and much of the world, the [[Western betrayal]] of democratic allies who had fought for the principals of [[self-determination]].

The main agreement of the conference regarded the decision for an unconditional surrender of the [[Nazi]]s.  They agreed to divide [[Germany]] into four occupation zones, with [[Berlin]] itself further divided into zones.  They also agreed that free elections would be held in Soviet controlled Eastern [[Europe]], but Stalin never had any intention of fulfilling this promise.  The USSR also agreed to take part in the war against [[Japan]], though they played a negligible role.

The main agreement of the conference regarded the decision for an unconditional surrender of the [[Nazi]]s.  They agreed to divide [[Germany]] into four occupation zones, with [[Berlin]] itself further divided into zones.  They also agreed that free elections would be held in Soviet controlled Eastern [[Europe]], but Stalin never had any intention of fulfilling this promise.  The USSR also agreed to take part in the war against [[Japan]], though they played a negligible role.