“The Atlantic Charter was the statement of principles agreed to by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain at their first wartime conference, August 9-12, 1941..The agreement is often cited by historians as one of the first significant steps towards the formation of the United Nations. The joint declaration was issued by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill on August 14, 1941”.1
Text of the Atlantic Charter can be viewed at the Avalon Project website, Yale Law School
“The Atlantic Charter served as a foundation stone for the later establishment of the United Nations, setting forth several principles for the nations of the world, including — the renunciation of all aggression, right to self-government, access to raw materials, freedom from want and fear, freedom of the seas, and disarmament of aggressor nations.”2
The Atlantic Charter was incorporated by reference in the Declaration of the United Nations (Jan. 1, 1942).3
Additional Reading:
The Atlantic Conference – Documents
The Atlantic Conference & Charter, 1941
Churchill and Roosevelt met on August 9 and 10, 1941 aboard the U.S.S. Augusta in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
FDR Library, Atlantic Charter Index – Text Versions of Documents
FDR Library, Atlantic Charter Index – Original Versions of Documents
President Roosevelt’s Message to Congress, Press Release, August 21, 1941
According to a history page on the U.S. State Department website (emphasis added):
“While the Atlantic Charter of August 1941 was not a binding treaty, it was, nonetheless, significant for several reasons. First, it publicly affirmed the sense of solidarity between the U.S. and Great Britain against Axis aggression. Second, it laid out President Roosevelt’s Wilsonian-vision for the postwar world; one that would be characterized by freer exchanges of trade, self-determination, disarmament, and collective security. Finally, the Charter ultimately did serve as an inspiration for colonial subjects throughout the Third World, from Algeria to Vietnam, as they fought for independence.”4
Feature image source: The International Churchill Society
1 FDR Library Online, “The Atlantic Charter”, http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/atlanticcharter.html
2 The History Place – World War II in Europe Timeline, August 14, 1941, http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/atlantic-chart.htm
3 Encylopedia Britannica Online, Atlantic Charter, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/41109/Atlantic-Charter
4 U.S. State Department History, The Atlantic Conference & Charter, 1941 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/atlantic-conf
5 Comments
Joyce
Vietnam did not fight for independence. This is the one of the primary LIES of history. An extreme minority under the totalitarian and murderous thumb of a Comintern agent named Minh fought to suppress it’s largely anti-Communist population with the aid of the USSR and Communist China. He destroyed all political opposition and mounted terror operations against the people. There was NO freedom and NO independence!
Vicky Davis
That seems to be the modus operandi. They move by stealth initially using all means except guns until they have total control. After that it’s total oppression. I think we were and are on the knife’s edge of being taken down.
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