The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers (also know as the Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers) of the United States (James F. Byrnes), the United Kingdom (Ernest Bevin), and the Soviet Union (Vyacheslav Molotov) met between December 16 and December 26, 1945, to discuss the problems of occupation, establishing peace, and other Far East issues. Portrait of U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes (May 2, 1879 – April 9, 1972) was a confidante of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and one of the most powerful men in American domestic and foreign policy 1942-1947. ... Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 - 14 April 1951), British labour leader, politician, and statesman, was born in a small village in Somerset, England. ... Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: ) (March 9 [O.S. February 25] 1890 –November 8, 1986), Soviet politician and diplomat, was a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protege of Joseph Stalin, to the 1950s, when he was dismissed from... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

The Communique issued after the Conference on December 27, 1945 contained a joint declaration which covered a number of issues resulting from the end of World War II^[1]. It was signed by the foreign ministers of the three powers and contained the following sections: December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

1. Preparaton of peace treaties with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland. (See Paris Peace Treaties, 1947)
2. Far Eastern Commission and Allied Council for Japan.
   • Far Eastern Commission
   • Allied Council for Japan
3. Korea: The rival U.S. and Soviet military commands in Korea would set up a Joint Commission to make recommendations of a single free government in Korea. This Commission the Soviets began to sabotage from its inception. But far more important was the decision that a four-power trusteeship of up to five years would be needed before Korea attained independence.^[2]
4. China
5. Romania
6. Bulgaria
7. The establishment by the United Nations of a commission for the control of atomic energy

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See also

• Council of Foreign Ministers
• Moscow Conference
• Potsdam Conference and the Potsdam Agreement of which the first article was the "establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers to do the necessary preparatory work for the peace settlements".

Council of Foreign Ministers was an organisation agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference in 1945 and announced in the Potsdam Agreement. ... Three Moscow conferences took place during the course of World War II. Government leaders or senior representatives of the three leading Allies of World War II, Great Britain, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union took part in each conference. ... Attlee, Truman, and Stalin at Potsdam The Potsdam Conference was a conference held at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin), from July 17 to August 2, 1945. ... The Potsdam Agreement, or the Potsdam Proclamation, was an agreement on policy for the occupation and reconstruction of Germany and other nations after fighting in the European Theatre of World War II had ended with the German surrender of May 8, 1945. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Moscow
2. ^ Robert Leckie "Conflict: The History of the Korean War 1950-1953", G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1962, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 62-10975. Page 34