ABSTRACT
The official statement of August 14, given out in Washington and London, consisted of two parts: a report on the transactions of the conference and a joint declaration of general principles, soon to be known as the Atlantic Charter. In the first part it was disclosed that the President and the Prime Minister had met at sea; that they had been accompanied by officials of their two governments and by high-ranking officers of their respective armed forces. The first part of the official statement, relative to the transactions of the Atlantic meeting, also reported that the President and the Prime Minister had held several sessions. The second part of the official release on August 14 opened with the announcement that the President and Prime Minister have agreed upon the joint declaration. Finally they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of the use of force.
