Conversation between General de Gaulle and Marshal Stalin at the Kremlin 6 December 1944

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Citation:
"Conversation between General de Gaulle and Marshal Stalin at the Kremlin 6 December
1944 from 18:00 to 19:45", December 6, 1944, Wilson Center Digital Archive,
386-94. Translated by Scott Smith.

Summary:
General de Gaulle and Marshal Stalin discuss the historical affinity between France and Poland, France's aim to support a Poland that can stand up to Germany in the future, France's support of the Curzon line as well as it insistence that Poland should remain an independent state. Stalin and de Gaulle discuss the concept of a "western bloc" of European nations, de Gaulle assures Stalin he has no aims to create such an alliance. De Gaulle reaffirms France's support for Poland as well as the need for friendship between France, Poland, and the USSR. They discuss the creation of a new league of nations.

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