took place earlier this morning. I allowed him to proceed, and he read us their report. The report mainly consisted of documentation of their discussions, the chief subjects of which were a) the dismemberment of Germany, b) the zone of occupation in Germany for France, and c) the reparations to be exacted from Germany. Their work was quite productive, and Churchill and I expressed our gratitude for it. Stalin then told me that he had received my letter, which I drafted last night, and had then tried to telephone the Lublin Poles to establish their views on the subject, but had not been able to reach them (in my letter I suggested that we should invite the Poles to the conference.) He proceeded to say that the Soviet delegation had considered the proposed voting formula, and were now happy to accept the entire American proposal. They had agreed upon this, explained Stalin, because they believed that this decision guaranteed the oneness of the Great Powers. I, though, already knew this, because Churchill had whispered it to me before the session congregated. Still, I was happy to hear it again, coming straight from Stalin's mouth. After hours of discussion about various topics, and several intermissions of ten minutes each, we started speaking about the next conference of the allied powers, which I am trying to organize. I want it to take place in March, in the United States. Churchill, though, disagrees. He says that the British war cabinet will be fully occupied with parliament, domestic problems will be pressing in Britain, and the war will be at its peak. I explained to him that I am only proposing a conference at which I hope to arrive at the standards for an authorizing of an organization. I don't expect the actual organization to come into play for at least another six months. But Churchill, being the unswerving Brit that he is, held his ground, and it was only after half an hour's worth of discussion on the topic that ...
