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And as the end of the war drew near, China became more and more involved.

In European affairs, he supported the Soviet Union when he opened his mouth and became a de facto ally of the Soviet Union.China does not have much interest in Europe, because China is a late-developing country, and it is not actually a world power.However, to point fingers in European affairs and support the Soviet Union has brought great harm to the interests of Britain and the United States in Europe.

Even more so now.

The proposal of the United Nations was originally proposed by the United States, and it has always been led by the United States. Many ideas about the United Nations were also first proposed by the United States.Roosevelt and Churchill had already exchanged views on the issue of the United Nations, and planned to hold the founding meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco.

But now China has stepped in and directly cut off the US plan.

"This is just the inaugural meeting of the United Nations, and it doesn't matter where it is held."

Roosevelt saw China and the Soviet Union, and Duan Xun and Stalin cooperating to persecute Churchill, so he opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere.The Yalta meeting has been discussed for a long time, more than ten days.

If you procrastinate on such a small matter, you don't know how long this meeting will be delayed.

But Duan Xun's purpose is not this.

As Roosevelt said, although the location of the founding meeting of the United Nations is of certain significance, it is just an inaugural meeting.Not as important as imagined.

So Duan Xun continued: "President Roosevelt is right, it's just a conference. As long as the safety can be guaranteed, as long as it can be held smoothly, there is no problem where it is held. Whether it is the United States, China, or the Soviet Union, we I think that the founding conference of the United Nations can be held. I think what we should consider now is, where should the UN headquarters and other UN agencies be located?"

This is Duan Xun's purpose.

When Duan Xun suddenly raised this issue, Roosevelt and Churchill frowned slightly.

Because both of them knew that Duan Xun didn't talk much at the Yalta meeting, but it was not easy to speak every time.Now that Duan Xun said so, he must have considered this matter long ago.Of course, the United Kingdom and the United States have also considered this matter. Roosevelt's goal is to make the United States the world's number one.

For this purpose, the United States needs to improve its own prestige.

Compared with Britain and France, the United States is also a late-developing country after all.If it weren't for World War II, it would take some time to replace Britain and France as leaders in the world.But the Second World War happened, and the United States directly appeared in the world.But compared to its strength, the United States is still not as influential as Britain and France.And if you want to improve your prestige, increase your influence, and lead the world, you must build a new order.And the most important one in the new world order is the United Nations and its affiliated agencies.

The United States wants these world-class institutions to take root in the United States, and use this method to improve the prestige of the United States in the world.

But now that Duan Xun suddenly behaved like this, Roosevelt immediately felt that things would change.So Roosevelt looked straight at Duan Xun, wanting to hear what Duan Xun had to say next.However, Duan Xun did not speak. Instead, Stalin next to him said: "This is indeed an important matter. The United Nations is an institution for maintaining world peace after the war, and should not be an institution controlled by any major country. Therefore, the United Nations headquarters and affiliated institutions, including World institutions like the United Nations that will be established in the future should not be placed in a certain big country. Instead, they should be set up in some neutral small countries, so as to prevent big countries from manipulating the world order."

Roosevelt and Churchill immediately looked at Stalin.

Duan Xun smiled.

This is Duan Xun's purpose.

Duan Xun actually doesn't care about the United Nations, including some world-wide institutions to be established.Just as someone ridiculed later, the big country and the small country had conflicts, and the United Nations mediated the small country to disappear.Contradictions between great powers and great powers, the United Nations mediates, and the United Nations is gone.It can be seen the strength of a big country and the strong position of a big country in the United Nations.

But the United Nations is, after all, an important international organization in name.

Still very influential.

Duan Xun does not care about the United Nations, but he will not watch others use the United Nations.The United States can use the United Nations to expand its influence.Why does Duan Xun not want to use the United Nations to expand China's influence in the world.If the United Nations headquarters can be established in China, then China's influence in the world can rise sharply.But because of this, it is absolutely impossible for the United Kingdom and the United States to agree that the headquarters of the United Nations should be in China.

Similarly, Duan Xun would never agree that the United Nations headquarters is in the United States.So did the Soviet Union.How could Stalin watch the United Nations headquarters fall in the United States.Especially now that China and the Soviet Union are cooperating, it is even more impossible to agree.

"I agree with Chairman Stalin's words. The United Nations headquarters and other world institutions to be established should not be placed in big countries, especially our countries. In order to maintain fairness, they should be placed in some neutral small countries."

Both China and the Soviet Union are very important countries in the world.

Because the two countries not only represent the two major industrial countries, the Soviet Union and China, but also represent their respective interest groups.The Soviet Union represents a new socialist country.Of course, there are not so many socialist countries now, but the current European Communist Party is making a lot of noise and its strength is also very strong.As the Soviet Union advances in great strides, a large number of socialist countries will appear in the countries that the Soviet troops pass through.These countries would be natural allies of the future Soviet Union.

China represents Asian countries.

Asian countries, not to mention the more distant Middle East.Just talk about the combined population of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, accounting for half of the world's population.Although this area is underdeveloped, it has many countries, a large population, and rich resources.

Now China and the Soviet Union put forward such a proposal, which poses a great problem to Britain and the United States.Of course, Roosevelt suffered the most. This directly affects the interests and plans of the United States.But seeing the appearance of Duan Xun and Stalin, we know that China and the Soviet Union have reached a consensus long ago.Although there are many advantages to having the United Nations headquarters located in the United States, this is not considered a core interest of the United States.So Roosevelt nodded slightly and said, "You two are right."

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On November 1944, 11, the 11-day Yalta Conference ended.

The Yalta Conference was the most important meeting of World War II.

The Yalta Conference, the Tehran Conference, and the Ili Conference (New Delhi Conference) became the three most important conferences in determining the post-war order during World War II, and established the world order for half a century after the war.The four major powers, China, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, relied on these three conferences to formulate a new world order and divide their interests.

Among them, the Tehran Conference established a general direction and a general framework for the post-war period.Of course, when the Tehran Conference was held, the world war was still in a stalemate, so the Tehran Conference also discussed the issue of opening up a second European battlefield, and finally decided that China would participate in the Far East War.

The Tehran Conference was definitely the turning point of World War II.

Opened up the second battlefield in Europe, announced that the United States officially joined the European battlefield, cooperated with the British and the Soviet Union to encircle and annihilate the German army, and accelerated Germany's defeat.And China's decision to join the war directly affected the direction of the world battlefield.In particular, it directly changed the Far East battlefield and accelerated Japan's surrender.

At the Yili Conference (New Delhi Conference), the post-war Far East order was formulated.In addition to the major issues at the Yili Conference, China, the United States, and China and the United Kingdom each formulated a series of agreements on Far East issues.

It laid the foundation for the division of interests in the Far East after the war.

Of course the most important is the Yalta Conference.

19 full days of meetings.

As the longest meeting in World War II, it contained the most content and was also the most important.The Yalta Conference reconfirmed the content of previous conferences and formulated the post-war European order in detail.Then it was decided on the establishment of the United Nations.

The establishment of the United Nations is a product of the new post-war world order.

Just like the League of Nations after World War I.

After the heads of state of China, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union met six times in five days, the general issue of the establishment of the United Nations was finally determined.Regarding the founding conference of the United Nations, it was finally decided to hold it in San Francisco, USA.

As Roosevelt said, the founding meeting of the United Nations is more like a mobilization meeting, but it is not that important.At this stage, only China and the United States are the most suitable for holding the founding conference of the United Nations.

Because among the big countries, only China and the United States have not suffered from wars, and their important cities are intact.At present, it is also the most capable of holding the founding meeting of the United Nations, which can entertain hundreds or thousands of people for meetings.However, the United States contributed more to World War II, and the United States had greater influence in the anti-fascist alliance. Therefore, it is far more appropriate to hold the founding conference of the United Nations in the United States than in China.In this regard, Duan Xun did not strive for more things.

Therefore, it was finally decided that the founding conference of the United Nations would continue to be held in San Francisco, USA as originally proposed.

But for the issue of the United Nations Headquarters, there are more differences.

Compared with Britain and France, China, the United States and the Soviet Union are all latecomers, or they are marginal powers in the colonial system constructed by Britain and France.The three major powers all want to break the world system built by Britain and France, and are now in the stage of increasing their influence.This is especially true for China and the United States.Because compared with the Soviet Union, which had tens of millions of casualties and also wiped out tens of millions of German troops, China and the United States need to expand their influence.

Therefore, both China and the United States want the UN headquarters to be located in their own countries.

If the headquarters of the United Nations falls in one's own country, and some other world institutions fall in one's own country, it will be of great benefit to expanding the country's influence.But it is precisely because of this that the United Nations headquarters cannot be located in any country in China and the United States.Everyone finally decided that the UN headquarters must never be set up in a big country, but must be set up in a small country.There are also many small countries on the list, but it is not so easy to satisfy everyone.

Because small countries are also within the sphere of influence of big countries, there are very few small countries that are not influenced by big countries.

Just like the list recommended by China includes North Korea, Thailand, Vientiane, the Republic of Indonesia, Malacca, etc., all of which were directly rejected by Britain and the United States.Because who doesn't know that these countries are all following China.

The countries proposed by the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union also have such problems.

Those small countries are all younger brothers of the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union, and of course China will not accept it.Everyone has great differences, because the other big countries are not satisfied with where the UN headquarters is located.In the end, Britain proposed to continue the League of Nations and put the United Nations headquarters in Belgium.But Duan Xun directly stated that the League of Nations was not in good shape from its establishment to its end, and directly denied Belgium.

Later, Switzerland was proposed.

But it was strongly opposed by the Soviet Union.