in the great hall of the Livadia Palace. Once again, I opened the meeting, this time by inquiring of Mr. Stettinius to report on his meeting of foreign ministers that took place this morning. He explained their agreement to add the word "dismemberment" to the unconditioned terms for Germany's surrender. Churchill remarked that he was glad to accept this decision on behalf of his government. I then took another initiative step and proposed that we now consider the USA formula on voting in the Security Council. I did this because I realized how much of the population wished to see the eradication of war for at least fifty years. I'm not, of course, so optimistic as to believe that interminable peace is yet achievable, but I think, as I told them at the session, that if a world organization was formed, fifty years might be possible.Churchill spoke again, this time about the possibility of worldwide peace for at least fifty years. He said that he believed that "peace depends on the friendship and co-operation of the three great powers, but the British government would consider that the leaders of the three powers were committing an injustice if accouterments were not made for small countries to state their objections in a civilized manner."We had continued our discussion for sometime when the Russians asked for a break. Churchill and I and our officers and staffs saw no reason to object to this, and so a short intermission was held. When the conference resumed, I stated that the next discussion topic was the situation in Poland. I pointed out that the United States is further from Poland than either Britain or Russia, and that there are times when a far-away nation's point of view could be useful. I restated what I had said at Tehran, that if the Russians would consider leaving Lwow and the oil fields in the province of Lwow to Poland, it would have an invigorating effect on the opinion of the American Public. I proposed the creation of a ...
