A missed opportunity for peace
The Teheran Conference
Statement by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Teheran, 2 December 1943)
TextFranklin D. Roosevelt, US President, addresses US forces at the end of the Teheran Conference which, from 28 November to 1 December 1943, was attended by the US President, the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
The final communiqué of the Teheran Conference (1 December 1943)
TextThe final communiqué of the Teheran Conference which brought together in the Iranian capital, from 28 November until 1 December 1943, the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring
TextIn his memoirs, Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945, recalls the talks held at the Teheran Conference from 28 November to 1 December 1943 between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Teheran Conference (28 November to 1 December 1943)
ImageJoseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Teheran Conference held in the Iranian capital from 28 November to 1 December 1943.
The division of Europe, according to Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin (1944)
ImageIn 1944, Winston Churchill jots down some notes on the division of influence between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in the Balkans. According to these notes, Romania was to be 90 % under Soviet influence and 10 % under British influence; Greece 90 % British and 10 % Soviet; Yugoslavia and Hungary 50 % British and 50 % Soviet; and Bulgaria 75 % Soviet and 25 % British.