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Secret Protocol of the Moscow Conference

[Moscow, November 1, 1943.]

Secret Protocol

of the Conference attended by the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, Mr. Anthony Eden, and the People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, V. M. Molotov, which was held in Moscow from the 19th to the 30th October, 1943.

The following took Dart in the Conference:

  • U. S. A.
    • Mr. Harriman
    • Major General Deane
    • Mr. Hackworth
    • Mr. Dunn
    • Mr. Bohlen
    • and experts
  • U. K.
    • Sir A. Clark Kerr
    • Mr. Strang
    • Lieutenant General Sir Hastings Ismay
    • Mr. Wilson
    • and experts
  • Soviet Union
    • Marshal Voroshilov
    • Mr. Vyshinski
    • Mr. Litvinov
    • Mr. Sergeyev
    • Major General Gryzlov
    • Mr. Saksin
    • and experts

agenda
1. Consideration of measures to shorten the duration of the war against Hitlerite Germany and her Allies in Europe.
(Proposed by U. S. S. R.)		 See the Most Secret Protocol of the Conference.

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4. Exchange of views on the situation in Italy and the Balkans.
(Proposed by U. K.)
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(c) Proposal of the Soviet Government as regards the transfer to the Soviet Union of part of the Italian Navy (one battleship, one cruiser, eight destroyers, four submarines) and of the Merchant Fleet (to a total of 40,000 tons) which was at the disposal of the Anglo-American forces as a result of the capitulation of Italy. (c) Mr. Eden and Mr. Hull did not raise any objection to the proposal of the Soviet Government but reserved their final answer.

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10. Common policy in Persia.
(Proposed by U. K.)		 The following proposal, which was worked out by a committee appointed by the Conference, was accepted: “(a) After an exchange of views, the Committee detects no fundamental difference in the policy towards Iran of any of the three Governments; (b) the Committee was unable to reach agreement on the expediency of making any immediate declaration or declarations with regard to Iran; and (c) the issue of such a declaration or declarations might be further considered by the representatives of the three Governments in Tehran, with a view to the three Governments coming to a decision about the expediency of issuing such a declaration or declarations after the signature of the proposed Irano-American Agreement and after appropriate consultation with the Government of Iran.”
Signed at Moscow, November 1, 1943
Cordell Hull
B. Mojiotob1
Anthony Eden
  1. V. Molotov.↩