Abstract
The European continent after the end of World War II was completely destroyed. A destruction of such proportions was not even done in the 30-year War three hundred years ago, not even in the Napoleonic wars of the 19th century. Now the victors had to prepare the treaties. This did not turn out to be a simple task. For the first time the Council of Foreign Ministers of the victorious countries met in London from September 11 until October 2, 1945. The first problem faced by this council was the opposition of Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov to accept France and China as allies. France was dissatisfied with the Soviet move and again felt excluded from major decisions. US President Harry Truman appealed directly to Stalin, but the latter did not respond. The Western allies proved determined. They would not allow any of their allies to be excluded from Soviet desires. This act was also the first disagreement between the Western foreign ministers and the Soviet foreign minister.
Highlights
Londons Conference 1945Disagreements between the West and the Soviet Union came into conflicting views on the future of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, which Bevin as the representative of Great Britain has considered them as strategic areas for his country.Molotov considered areas of particular strategic importance to the Soviet Union
When it came to talking about Italy, Molotov demanded that the Soviet Union be given Libya in good faith, but he encountered Bevin's rejection
While the UK sought to continue to be the first violin in the Middle East, the Soviet Union sought all of eastern Europe
Summary
Disagreements between the West and the Soviet Union came into conflicting views on the future of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe, which Bevin as the representative of Great Britain has considered them as strategic areas for his country. Molotov demanded that Yugoslavia must take the port of Trieste which was occupied by Anglo-Americans Both Bevin and Burns (US Secretary of State) refused. The French used the Council of Foreign Ministers to request the Rhineland area to be detached from Germany and together with Saar to became part of the French economic system and Ruhr to be internationalized Neither with this french proposal they agreed. Seeing the refusal stubbornness of Minister Molotov, Burns was convinced that the Soviet foreign minister would reject any Western proposal. He suspected that Stalin was waiting for the Americans to leave Europe to take over the rest of the continent
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