Moscow Conference

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Four 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.

• The First Moscow Conference, from September 29, 1941 to October 1, 1941. Averell Harriman and Beaverbrook met with Joseph Stalin to assure the Soviet Union of aid and support in the common fight against Nazi Germany.
• The Second Moscow Conference, from August 12, 1942 to August 17, 1942. Winston Churchill, Harriman and Stalin planned the North Africa Campaign and discussed the later landing and opening of a front in northern France.
• The Third Moscow Conference, from October 18, 1943 to November 11, 1943: A meeting of the foreign ministers Anthony Eden, Cordell Hull, and Vyacheslav Molotov resulted in the Moscow Declaration and the creation of the European Advisory Commission.
• The Fourth Moscow Conference, on October 9, 1944: A meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Eden and Molotov, about post-war spheres of influence in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

A further conference took place in December 1945, known as 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). They meet between December 16 and December 26, 1945, to discuss the problems of occupation, establishing peace, and other Far East issues.