Franklin Delano Roosevelt Biography and Timeline — Page 8

Presses for Early Big Three Meeting

Tells Stalin he hopes the three Allied leaders can meet as early as possible.

Role range: 1939-1945

Offers Mediterranean Conference Alternatives

Suggests Malta, Athens or Cyprus as alternatives to a meeting on the Soviet Black Sea coast.

Role range: 1939-1945

Proposes Piraeus Salonica or Constantinople

Offers Piraeus, Salonica or Constantinople as alternatives to the difficult Black Sea conference route.

Role range: 1939-1945

Proposes Post-Inauguration Conference

Suggests postponing the Big Three meeting until after his January presidential inauguration.

Role range: 1939-1945

Suggests Late January Conference

Proposes a late January or early February meeting while continuing to prefer a Mediterranean location.

Role range: 1939-1945

Suez Canal

Relies on secured Middle Eastern routes, including the Suez Canal, for Allied logistics and communications.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Raises Batum or Yalta as Venues

Identifies Batum or Yalta as possible locations for the forthcoming meeting with Churchill and Stalin.

Role range: 1939-1945

Coordinates Polish Question with Churchill

Seeks British coordination before asking Stalin to delay action on recognition of the Lublin Committee.

Role range: 1939-1945

Insists Polish Recognition Wait for Conference

Asks Stalin to leave the question of recognizing the Lublin Committee unresolved until the tripartite meeting.

Role range: 1939-1945

Sends Hopkins Ahead of Conference

Plans for Harry Hopkins to visit Britain before the Malta and Yalta meetings.

Role range: 1939-1945

Agrees to Exclude Conference Press

Agrees with Churchill that journalists should not attend the conference sessions in Crimea.

Role range: 1939-1945

Completes Malta-to-Yalta Travel Plans

Sends Churchill final travel arrangements for moving from the Malta talks to the Crimea conference.

Role range: 1939-1945

Malta Luncheon with Churchill

Meets Churchill for lunch aboard USS Quincy before both leaders travel to meet Stalin.

Role range: 1939-1945

First Plenary Military Review

Takes part in the first plenary session, which concentrates on the military situation in Europe.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reviews Yalta Action Agenda

Reviews proposed action on the United Nations, Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe, Iran and China with advisers.

Role range: 1939-1945

Roosevelt at Yalta Opening

Meets Churchill and Stalin as the Yalta Conference begins at Livadia Palace.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Second Plenary Germany Debate

Participates in debate over German dismemberment, occupation zones, France and reparations.

Role range: 1939-1945

Luncheon Consultation with Churchill

Meets Churchill privately for lunch as negotiations over Germany, Poland and the United Nations continue.

Role range: 1939-1945

Supports Curzon Line in General

Roosevelt tells Stalin at Yalta that he generally favours the Curzon Line but asks whether Poland might retain Lwow or nearby oil-producing territory.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Third Plenary United Nations Debate

Leads discussion of the American Security Council voting formula during the third plenary meeting.

Role range: 1939-1945

Security Council Voting Formula Accepted

Secures acceptance of the American formula for voting in the future United Nations Security Council.

Role range: 1939-1945

Discusses Trusteeship for Korea

Discusses possible international trusteeship arrangements for Korea during his bilateral meeting with Stalin.

Role range: 1939-1945

Far Eastern Air Base Talks with Stalin

Discusses air bases, supply routes and strategic cooperation in the Far East with Stalin.

Role range: 1939-1945

Sets San Francisco Conference Date

Helps settle plans for the United Nations conference to open in the United States on 25 April.

Role range: 1939-1945

Advances Declaration on Liberated Europe

Supports a declaration committing the Allies to consultation and democratic political processes in liberated Europe.

Role range: 1939-1945

Agrees Polish Frontier Statement

Joins agreement on a statement linking Poland's eastern frontier to the Curzon Line with adjustments.

Role range: 1939-1945

Approves Declaration on Liberated Europe

Joins Churchill and Stalin in approving the Declaration on Liberated Europe.

Role range: 1939-1945

Requests Possible Extra US Assembly Votes

Asks Stalin and Churchill to support additional American votes if the United States later seeks them in the General Assembly.

Role range: 1939-1945

Approves San Francisco United Nations Conference

Agrees that the conference to draft the United Nations Charter will open in the United States on 25 April.

Role range: 1939-1945

Declaration on Liberated Europe

Supports the Declaration on Liberated Europe, which commits the Allies to democratic political processes in liberated states.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Signs German Reparations Protocol

Signs the protocol establishing principles and machinery for German reparations.

Role range: 1939-1945

Signs Soviet Japan Entry Agreement

Signs the secret agreement setting conditions for Soviet entry into the war against Japan.

Role range: 1939-1945

Reply to Churchill on Poland

Replies that the United States should insist on a genuine implementation of the Yalta agreement concerning Poland.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945

Casablanca Decisions Become Wartime Legacy

The Casablanca meeting became an important precedent for major Allied conferences that preceded the founding of the United Nations.