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When Roosevelt returned to Washington he was asked at a conference with [[Democratic]] Congressional leaders whether or not he had made any commitments and he replied "No." Roosevelt did not disclose that he had indeed made two grave commitments, one to send American troops into a European island where an attack was expected,<ref>''Roosevelt and Hopkins : An Intimate History'', Robert E. Sherwood, New York Harper and Brothers, 1948, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Roosevelt_and_Hopkins-An_Intimate_History-Robert_E_Sherwood-1948-1034pgs-GOV-POL.sml.pdf&id=252&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pgs. 288 - 309] pdf.</ref> and the second to issue to Japan what Secretary of State [[Cordell Hull]] characterized as an [[ultimatum]].<ref>Cordell Hull, ''Memoirs'', New York: Macmillan, 1948.</ref><ref>Sumner Welles, Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Part II, pps. 479 et seq., and Part XIV containing Exhibits 22A, 22B and 22C, pps. 1255 et seq. </ref> When the Atlantic Charter communique was published it was labeled "A Joint Declaration." The next day however, the ''[[New York Times]]'' referred to in a headline as "America's Mein Kampf." <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 3, Ch. 5, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/cgi-bin/framed/2767/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Five___The_Atlantic_Char.htm ''The Atlantic Charter''].</ref> | When Roosevelt returned to Washington he was asked at a conference with [[Democratic]] Congressional leaders whether or not he had made any commitments and he replied "No." Roosevelt did not disclose that he had indeed made two grave commitments, one to send American troops into a European island where an attack was expected,<ref>''Roosevelt and Hopkins : An Intimate History'', Robert E. Sherwood, New York Harper and Brothers, 1948, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/Roosevelt_and_Hopkins-An_Intimate_History-Robert_E_Sherwood-1948-1034pgs-GOV-POL.sml.pdf&id=252&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pgs. 288 - 309] pdf.</ref> and the second to issue to Japan what Secretary of State [[Cordell Hull]] characterized as an [[ultimatum]].<ref>Cordell Hull, ''Memoirs'', New York: Macmillan, 1948.</ref><ref>Sumner Welles, Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Part II, pps. 479 et seq., and Part XIV containing Exhibits 22A, 22B and 22C, pps. 1255 et seq. </ref> When the Atlantic Charter communique was published it was labeled "A Joint Declaration." The next day however, the ''[[New York Times]]'' referred to in a headline as "America's Mein Kampf." <ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 3, Ch. 5, [http://www.rooseveltmyth.com/cgi-bin/framed/2767/book/fdrmyth_Chapter_Five___The_Atlantic_Char.htm ''The Atlantic Charter''].</ref> | ||
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| + | On September 24, 1941, a month after the Atlantic Charter was proclaimed, an inter-allied meeting was held in St. James Palace in London. Mr. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador to Great Britain, said : | ||
| + | :"The Soviet was and is guided in its foreign policy by the principle of the self-determination of nations. Accordingly the Soviet defends the right of every nation to the independence and territorial integrity of its country and its right to establish such a social order as it deems opportune and necessary for the promotion of its economic and cultural prosperity."<ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', Flynn, 1948, Book 3, Chapter 9, Section 2, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=/PDFsml_AD/The_Roosevelt_Myth-John_T_Flynn-1948-444pgs-POL.sml.pdf&id=276&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 ''Roosevelt's Great Design and Casablanca'']. pg. 343] pdf.</ref> | ||
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| + | The [[Soviet Union]] soon endorsed the Atlantic Charter. This was two years and one week after the Soviet Union violated the territorial integrity of Poland under the [[Communazi pact]], and less than two years after the Soviet Union's expulsion from the [[League of Nations]] for violating the territorial integity of [[Finland]],<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1939/391214a.html League of Nations Expulsion of the USSR], League of Nations, ''Official Journal'' December 14, 1939, p. 506 (Council Resolution); p. 540 (Assembly Resolution.)</ref> and seven years after the Soviet invasion of the Chinese province of [[Sinkiang]] <ref>[http://home.comcast.net/~markconrad/Sinkiang.htm#_ednref9 From “Yellow Russia” to the East Turkestan Republic], By Pavel Aptekar. From Aleksandr Kiyan’s Russian-language website devoted to the Red Army of Workers and Peasants, 1918-1945 (home page at http:// rkka.ru), specifically the article [http://rkka.ru/oper/sinc/sinc.htm ''Ot Zheltorossii do Vostochno-Turkestanskoi respuliki,'']. See also [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/China.html#PRC Kiangsi Soviet Republic], 1 Dec 1931 - 15 Oct 1934.</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:45, September 9, 2007
The Atlantic Charter was a declaration for free trade and self-determination.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in the Atlantic Ocean on August 1941 in order to begin to plan for peace after the conclusion of World War II, and agreed to this Atlantic Charter. It also endorsed disarmament of aggressor states (e.g., Japan, self determination, and Germany) and freedom of the seas. The United States and Great Britain renounced any territorial ambitions, and expansion against the wishes of local populations was condemned.
When Roosevelt returned to Washington he was asked at a conference with Democratic Congressional leaders whether or not he had made any commitments and he replied "No." Roosevelt did not disclose that he had indeed made two grave commitments, one to send American troops into a European island where an attack was expected,[1] and the second to issue to Japan what Secretary of State Cordell Hull characterized as an ultimatum.[2][3] When the Atlantic Charter communique was published it was labeled "A Joint Declaration." The next day however, the New York Times referred to in a headline as "America's Mein Kampf." [4]
Inter-Allied conference
On September 24, 1941, a month after the Atlantic Charter was proclaimed, an inter-allied meeting was held in St. James Palace in London. Mr. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador to Great Britain, said :
- "The Soviet was and is guided in its foreign policy by the principle of the self-determination of nations. Accordingly the Soviet defends the right of every nation to the independence and territorial integrity of its country and its right to establish such a social order as it deems opportune and necessary for the promotion of its economic and cultural prosperity."[5]
The Soviet Union soon endorsed the Atlantic Charter. This was two years and one week after the Soviet Union violated the territorial integrity of Poland under the Communazi pact, and less than two years after the Soviet Union's expulsion from the League of Nations for violating the territorial integity of Finland,[6] and seven years after the Soviet invasion of the Chinese province of Sinkiang [7]
References
- ↑ Roosevelt and Hopkins : An Intimate History, Robert E. Sherwood, New York Harper and Brothers, 1948, pgs. 288 - 309 pdf.
- ↑ Cordell Hull, Memoirs, New York: Macmillan, 1948.
- ↑ Sumner Welles, Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Part II, pps. 479 et seq., and Part XIV containing Exhibits 22A, 22B and 22C, pps. 1255 et seq.
- ↑ The Roosevelt Myth, John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 3, Ch. 5, The Atlantic Charter.
- ↑ The Roosevelt Myth, Flynn, 1948, Book 3, Chapter 9, Section 2, Roosevelt's Great Design and Casablanca. pg. 343] pdf.
- ↑ League of Nations Expulsion of the USSR, League of Nations, Official Journal December 14, 1939, p. 506 (Council Resolution); p. 540 (Assembly Resolution.)
- ↑ From “Yellow Russia” to the East Turkestan Republic, By Pavel Aptekar. From Aleksandr Kiyan’s Russian-language website devoted to the Red Army of Workers and Peasants, 1918-1945 (home page at http:// rkka.ru), specifically the article Ot Zheltorossii do Vostochno-Turkestanskoi respuliki,. See also Kiangsi Soviet Republic, 1 Dec 1931 - 15 Oct 1934.