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Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • List of abbreviations, symbols, and code names
  • List of persons mentioned
  • List of papers
  • I. Genesis of the conference
    • Initial correspondence concerning a tripartite conference (Documents 1–19)
    • The Hopkins mission to Moscow (Documents 20–30)
    • The Davies mission to London (Documents 31–34)
  • II. Final arrangements for the conference
    • Physical arrangements and appointment of delegations (Documents 35–140)
    • Preparation of the agenda (Documents 141–220)
  • III. General background reports
    • General foreign policy (Document 221)
    • European questions (Documents 222–225)
    • International communism (Document 226)
  • IV. Recommendations and late developments on conference subjects
    • General questions
      • Establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers and dissolution of the European Advisory Commission (Documents 227–234)
      • United Nations:
        • Admission of Italy and Spain (Documents 235–245)
        • Possible trusteeship for Italian colonial territories and Korea (Documents 246–254)
        • Officers of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations (Document 255)
    • European questions
      • General European questions:
        • Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; freedom of the press in eastern Europe (Documents 256–258)
        • Inland waterways (Documents 259–267)
      • Austria:
        • Extension of the authority of the Renner government (Documents 268–272)
        • Reparations (Documents 273–277)
        • Agreements on zones of occupation and control machinery; occupation of the western zones and of Vienna (Documents 278–284)
      • Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania:
        • Governments, control commissions, elections, conclusion of peace treaties, and diplomatic relations (Documents 285–321)
        • Use of Allied property for reparations or war booty (Documents 322–324)
        • Control of external assets (Documents 325–326)
      • Germany:
        • Principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period (Documents 327–351)
        • Reparations, restitution, and war booty (Documents 352–380)
        • External assets (Documents 381–385)
        • Disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine (Documents 386–392)
        • War criminals (Documents 393–396)
        • Soviet annexation of Konigsberg and northern East Prussia (Document 397)
        • The Rhineland and the Ruhr (Documents 398–404)
        • The French zone of occupation and the French sector in Berlin (Documents 405–413)
        • The “additional requirements” agreement (Documents 414–416)
        • Coal and food (Documents 417–434)
        • Transfers of population (Documents 435–441)
      • Greece:
        • Government and elections (Documents 442–453)
        • Relations with Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia (Documents 454–463)
      • Italy:
        • General policy, revision of surrender terms, and conclusion of a peace treaty (Documents 464–472)
        • Retention of Allied forces and of a combined command in Italy (Documents 473–481)
        • Proposed appointment of James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission (Document 482)
      • Poland:
        • Government and elections; liquidation of the affairs of the Government-in-Exile (Documents 483–508)
        • Frontiers and areas of administration (Documents 509–520)
        • Economic assistance from the United States (Documents 521–523)
      • Soviet Union:
        • Participation in European economic organizations (Documents 524–525)
        • Repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals (Documents 526–530)
        • Air traffic between the United States and the Soviet Union (Documents 531–535)
      • United Kingdom:
        • Lend-lease; need for Anglo-American financial discussions (Documents 536–546)
        • Civil aviation policy (Documents 547–548)
        • Allocation of shipping (Document 549)
        • Combined Chiefs of Staff machinery (Document 550)
      • Yugoslavia:
        • Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Yugoslavia (Documents 551–557)
        • Attitude on civil administration in Venezia Giulia (Documents 558–573)
    • Far Eastern Questions
      • China: Negotiations with the Soviet Union (Documents 574–579)
      • Japan:
        • Peace feelers through the Soviet Union (Documents 580–588)
        • Issuance of a proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan (Documents 589–597)
        • Basic military objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan (Documents 598–601)
        • Planning date for the end of organized resistance by Japan (Document 602)
        • Control and command in the war against Japan (Documents 603–604)
        • Relationship of the Soviet Union to the war against Japan (Documents 605–614)
        • British Commonwealth participation in the war against Japan (Document 615)
        • French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan (Documents 616–618)
        • Use of atomic weapons in the war against Japan (Document 619)
        • Release of tankers for the war against Japan through altered distribution of European oil supplies (Documents 620–627)
    • Near Eastern and African questions
      • Iran: Withdrawal of Allied forces (Documents 628–635)
      • Lebanon and Syria: The crisis in Franco-Levantine relations (Documents 636–645)
      • Palestine: Jewish immigration (Documents 646–650)
      • Tangier: Future of the international zone; Soviet participation in the Paris conversations on Tangier (Documents 651–678)
      • Turkey: The Straits question; relations with the Soviet Union (Documents 679–709)
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