INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF RECONSTRUCTION

Abstract

BEFORE the United States entered the War, the question of Anglo-American co-operation after the War and the implications of the fifth article of the Atlantic Charter were under discussion, and attempts were being made to face the more obvious difficulties which will confront the world in the years to come. Speeches by Mr. Attlee and Mr. Eden, as well as by Mr. Sumner Welles, revealed agreement not only on ultimate purpose but also on some of the measures by which those purposes should be pursued. Mr. Eden's broadcast following his visit to· Moscow showed that the confidence entertained that the Soviet Government will fully support those purposes and measures is well founded. Moreover, the announcement made by President Roosevelt during Mr. Churchill's visit to Washington that all barriers to the full pooling of reserves between Canada and the United States would be removed, in accordance with the recommendations of the Joint War Production Committee of Canada and the United States, indicates that unity of command in the military, naval and air operations is being accompanied by equal unity in the economic sphere.