Chapter II: March 9–April 9, 1945
Preparatory work on draft United States proposals, and consultations with the other Sponsoring Powers on policy matters, administrative and organizational arrangements for the Conference; formulation of tentative views on Conference arrangements by the United States Delegation and commencement of review of the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals to arrive at recommendations on amendments to be submitted to the President; preparation of draft United States proposals on trusteeship by the Interdepartmental Committee and submission to the President; convening of the United Nations Committee of Jurists to prepare joint proposals for a draft Statute of the International Court of Justice.
[122] Extracts From President Roosevelt’s Press and Radio Conference at the Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia, April 5, 1945, 2 p.m.
Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.; for complete text, see The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944–1945 volume: Victory and the Threshold of Peace, compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman, p. 607.
[123] The Secretary of the Interior (Ickes) to the Secretary of State
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[124] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
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[125] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)
500.CC/4–545: Telegram
[126] The Acting Consul General of Estonia in Charge of Legation (Kaiv) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 7.]
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[127] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Dependent Areas (Gerig)
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[128] The Secretary of State to the Italian Ambassador (Tarchiani)
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[129] The Secretary of State to Mr. Alexander C. Kirk, United States Political Adviser to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre
500.CC/4–145: Telegram
[130] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Hiss)
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[131] Extract From the Diary of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Secretary of State, December 1, 1944–July 3, 1945
(Section Nine)
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[132] The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt
Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Transmitted by the White House Map Room to President Roosevelt at his home in Warm Springs, Ga. On April 10 the following message from the President to the Secretary of State was received by the White House Map Room:
“Your message on International Trusteeship is approved in principle. I will see your representative and that of the Army and Navy on the 19th. That will be time enough. And if you have already left I will, of course, see you on the 25th.” (800.014/4–1045)
[133] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt
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[134] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Leo Pasvolsky, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
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[135] Minutes of the Fifth Meeting of the United States Delegation, Held at Washington, Monday, April 9, 1945, 3:15 p.m.
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