The Tehran
Conference was the first war time conference between the three great powers
United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union held from 28 November to 1
December 1943 in the Iranian capital Tehran. Present were president Roosevelt,
prime minister Churchill and prime minister Stalin (photo: US Signal Corps).
The first two arrived in Tehran from Cairo where the first conference with the
president of China was held.
The conference resulted in three separate declarations.
The first was the confirmation that the three countries would keep fighting for
world peace. Second was a special declaration regarding the position of Iran
and thirdly the military conclusions that were reached.
The
conference is most famous for the decision to open a second front in Europe.
For the full cooperation and assistance from the USSR in the war effort Stalin
received the support for the partisans in Yugoslavia and the possibility to
change the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.
In the declaration the three leaders also stated the
intention to form an international organization to deal with international
problems in a peaceful manner. President Roosevelt even explained his ideas on
the structure of this organization during one of the dinners.
The Tehran Conference was followed by the Conferences
in Yalta and Potsdam.
Links
Text of the three declarations in the database of the Avalon
Project.
All the official papers form the US delegation on the
website of the University of Wisconsin.
A news article from the archives of the BBC.
An article from Studies in Intelligence (2003)
on the visit of Roosevelt to Stalin ("Uncle Joe").
The Tehran Conference in Wikipedia.
Catalogue
Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics 25
November 1943
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last revised: 5 September 2010