STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2701, sig. 109-14/2 Page 3 · 3 of 4
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2701, sig. 109-14/2
English Translation
3. They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they want to live, and they wish to see sovereign rights and self-government returned to the peoples who have become funny by violence. They will endeavour to ensure equal access to trade and to the world's raw materials necessary for their economic prosperity, with due regard for their existing obligations for all states, whether large or small, victors or vanquished. They hope to bring about the fullest cooperation of all nations in the economic field, with the aim of ensuring improved working conditions, economic progress and social security for all. 6 After the final annihilation of the Nazi Tyrannei, they hope to see a peace established that will give all nations the opportunity to live in safety in their own borders, and will give the ailing people in all countries the certainty to live their lives free from fear and lack. 7. Such peace should give all people the opportunity to enter the seas and oceans without hindrance. They believe that all the nations of the world, both for material and spiritual reasons, must cease to use force, since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air-armaments are to be used further by nations that threaten or threaten with attacks beyond their borders; they believe that the disarmament of such nations is essential until a broader and permanent system of general security is established. They will also support and promote all other feasible measures that will make the crushing burden of armor easier for peace-loving peoples. Franklin D. Roosevelt Winston S. Churchill / Released to the press on 14 August/ At his press conference on 1 August, the State Secretary asked for a comment on the joint statement of the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Great Britain: "It is a declaration of fundamental principles, fundamental to the ideas and procedures that are universal in their practical application. They were once widely accepted and strongly supported by all civilized nations until certain countries decided to launch a universal movement to promote the whole of the world.