Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...explosive problem of postwar boundaries may be publicly postponed to the peace conference, as was proposed at Moscow, but some private discussion can hardly be avoided. Item: not only Poles are growing anxious over the final boundaries of Poland. Should Russia's needs or the Atlantic Charter prevail? It thus at once becomes evident that at this meeting the cards, good and bad, must all be on the table...
They agreed to agree on the postwar shape of Europe: on the means and extent of control in Germany; on the enforced breakup of the Greater Reich, first by restoring Austria's independence; on the interests to prevail in the Balkans, where both Russia and Britain have great stakes; and, by silent implication, on control of Russia's European borderlands (eastern Poland, Bessarabia, the Baltics). And they agreed to agree on a postwar association of nations, otherwise undefined, "for the maintenance of international peace and security...
...preach the brotherhood of man," declared its purpose was "to remove the scales of fear and cynicism from the soul of America so that [we] may undertake confidently, with courage and vision, the building of a world order in which justice and reason, and not brute force, prevail...
...given radio time if a program can be arranged. There were not anywhere near as many juniors present as were expected and it is hoped that more juniors will turn out at subsequent meetings. A policy of regular meetings on Tuesday and Thursday at 1830 was adopted and will prevail unless otherwise stated...
...Congress demanded full representation for labor in war control agencies and in running Canada's war effort. Otherwise, let Mackenzie King "submit his record to the people so that democracy may prevail...