MEETING AT SEA

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 192, 15 August 1941, Page 6

MEETING AT SEA

MR. CHURCHILL

AND MR. ROOSEVELT

PEACE PRINCIPLES

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

(P.A.) WELLINGTON. Thursday

" The President of the United States, President Roosevelt, and the Prime Minister. Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, have met at sea. They have been accompanied by officials of their two Governments including high-ranking officers of their military, naval and air services, says an official statement issued to-night by the British Government to the New Zealand Government. The whole problem of the supply of munitions ot war, as provided in the Leasc-or-Lend Act. for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, and for those countries actively engaged in resisting aggression, has been further examined. Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Supplv in the British Government, has joined in the conferences. He is going to proceed to Washington to discuss yr^h® l " details with appropriate officials of the United States Government. These conferences will also cover the supply problem of the Soviet Lnion.

"The President and the Prime Minister have had several conferences rney have considered the clangers to world civilisation arising from the policy of military domination by conquest upon which the Hitlerite Government of Germany, and other Governments associated therewith have embarked, and have made clear the steps which their countries arc respectively taking for their safety in the face of these dangers." Joint Declaration The statement says they have agreed upon the following joint declaration:—

"The President of the United States and Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government, being met together, deemed it right to make known certain common principles in the national policies of their respective countries on which they base their hope for a better future for the world:

1. Their countries seek no aggrandisement, territorial or otlier. 2. They desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely-expressed wishes of the peoples concerned. 3. They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live, and thev wish to see sovereign rights and self-govern-ment restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them

1- They will endeavour, with due respect for their existing obligations. to further the enjoyment by all States, great or small, victorious or vanquished, of access on equal terms to trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity.

■j. They desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between ail nations in the economic field with the object of securing for all an improved standard of labour, economic advancement and social securitv.

Freedom From Fear

G. After the final destruction of ><azi tyranny they hof»e to sec established a peace which will cinoid to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will i l ,V°o'n ? n « ssu '«nce that all men in all lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and from war.

<• Such a peace would enable all men to traverse the high seas and the oceans without hindrance. S. They believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as for spiritual thfCse-of'f' 51 °T C to aLndon 0 use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained i[ land ; t a "' armament continue* t employed by nations which «rf "\ ay ,llrt ' af en aggresouti,l^c their frontiers thev men of r e " di , ng lhc establish i5 C ,u'S'„auS- lhc dis --"-n»m«u burden of armament'. '" " B

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