ABSTRACT
Washington officials agreed that the most important priority must be a global economic program, resting on Atlantic Charter principles, which would remove the danger of another worldwide depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt was a president of the United States agreed to give the Soviet Union three votes in the General Assembly, but only if the United States might, if it wished, also have three votes. His legacy to Vice President Harry S. Truman was not a Grand Alliance but the beginnings of the Cold War, caught perfectly by Roosevelt in a comment made privately during his return from Yalta. At Potsdam, Truman and Stalin did extend earlier agreements on Asian affairs. Making the best of a bad situation, Truman recognized the Warsaw regime, hoping that over time he could use American financial aid to change the government's policies. US Air Force photographer, observed the assembling of airplane squadrons in England, and documented American army operations in Italy.
