Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
YaIfa Disclosures
Serve as Fuel for
1O-Year Dispute
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bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
on August 6, 1945. Japan sur
rendered eight days later.
Three U. N. Votes for Russia
The record disclosed also that
Roosevelt told Stain and
Churchill it was Every embar-
RAISING" to him to yield to an
other Russian demand for
Ukrainian and White Russian
membership in the United Ma
tions-giving Russia three votes
in the General Assembly.
It disclosed long arguments
by Mr.. Roosevelt and Churchill
with Stain over their demands
for creation of free governments
in postwar Poland and other
Eastern European countries lib
Grated from the Nazis.
Stain agreed to a declaration
and procedures for setting up
democratic regimes. But with
in a few years the Soviets solidi-
fed Communist rule from the
Baltic to the Black Sea-
The Big Three conference was
held at Yalta in the Russian
Crimea in February. 1945, Roose-
welt, Stain and Churchill had
met some months earlier at
Teheran, mainly OH co-ordinat-
ing military strategy against
Nazi Germany.
At Odds on German Methods
At Yalta they grappled with
great political issues, including
the future of Germany. The rec
ord shows they agreed on dis
memberment" of Germany in
principle, but not on how it
should be cut up.
But the overriding problem
from the American point of view
and perhaps from the Russian
one as well was RuSsia's pros
pective entry into the war
against Japan.
Russia agreed to come in once
Germany was defeated. The war
in Europe ended May 7, 1945.
Russia entered the conflict with
Japan on August 8, 1945, three
days after the United States
dropped an atomic bomb on
Hiroshima. Japan surrendered
August IA, 1915.
The agreement between Roose-
welt and Stain on Russian entry
into the Pacific war has pro-
duced years of political contro-
versy in the United States.
Denounced by Republicans
Many Republican Senators
and Others denounced Roose-
velt's concessions as an unneces-
sary grant of position and power
to Stain. Roosevelt's defenders
have replied 1t was the price he
had to pay to assure Russian
military action against the Paci-
fic enemy, as his military ad-
visers were urging: mn Fl 4
State Department officials are
understood to have hoped that
publication of the record would
end the long dispute. 1t APP
peared. however, that the record
might simply furnish more am
munition for it.
In addition. a question was
raised as to whether the pub
lished record was complete in all
details. The State Department
itself said some omissions had
been made for reasons of ma
tional, security or elimination of
repetitious material or to avoid
needless offense" to foreign ma
tons or to individuals.
Cut at Churchill Request
Two deletions were made at
the request of Prime Minister
Churchill. the only surviving
member Of the Big Three. Ad-
jacent paragraphs indicated they
concerned Mr.. Churchill's ideas
of Frances postwar position.
Even with these and possibly
other omissions, Mr.. Churchill
had declined to agree to the
publication.
There were no major disclos-
ures. The chief results of the
Yalta conference had long since
been known,
The Far East concessions per-
mitted Russia to take over the
Kurile Islands north of Japan,
the southern half of Sakhalin
Island and operation of the Chi
nese Eastern and South Man
churian railroads. The Russians
also gained rights in the Chi
nese port of Dairen and the lease
of Port Arthur as naval base.
Except of the Kuriles, these
were rights or positions which
Russia had held so years be-
fore, then lost in 1905 through
war with Japan.
Stain Cites Difficulties"
In a meeting with Mr.. Roose-
welt at Yalta on February 8,
1915, Stain said that If his con-
ditions were not met sit would
be difficult for him and Molotov
to explain to the Soviet people
why Russia was entering the
war against Japan"
In the same conversation Sta
lin indicated to Mr.. Roosevelt
that he was considering moving
Is divisions of troops to the Far
East when they could be freed
from duty in Europe.
Trusteeship Suggested.
! Mr.. Roosevelt also told Stain
he had in mind for Korea trus-
teeship by Russia. the United
States and China until the Ko-
rean people learned self-govern-
ment. which he thought might
take 20 to 80 years. Stain and
Roosevelt agreed that no foreign
troops should be stationed in
Korea.