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28-704: Five Moscow conferences took place during and just after World War II among representatives of the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union: Moscow Conference (1941) , from September 29, 1941, to October 1, 1941 Moscow Conference (1942) , from August 12, 1942, to August 17, 1942 Moscow Conference (1943) , from October 18, 1943, to November 11, 1943 Moscow Conference (1944) , on October 9, 1944 Moscow Conference (1945) (also known as

56-587: A large quantity of caviar was purchased at a time of rationing . Radio Moscow Radio Moscow (Russian: Pадио Москва , romanized : Radio Moskva ), also known as Radio Moscow World Service , was the official international broadcasting station of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1993, when it was reorganized into Voice of Russia , which was subsequently reorganized and renamed into Radio Sputnik in 2014. At its peak, Radio Moscow broadcast in over 70 languages using transmitters in

84-660: A reply for presentation to the ambassadors giving his agreement to the proposal. An announcement on Radio Moscow said: Comrade Stalin requested the American Ambassador (Laurence Steinhardt) and the British Ambassador (Sir Stafford Cripps) to convey to President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill respectively the heartfelt thanks of the peoples of the Soviet Union and of the Soviet Government for their readiness to aid

112-497: A transmitter station RV-1 in the Moscow region , and a second broadcasting centre came on air at Leningrad in 1925. By 1939, Radio Moscow was broadcasting (on mediumwave and shortwave ) in English, French, Indonesian , German, Italian and Arabic . During the 1930s, Radio Moscow expressed concern about Nazi Germany and its dictator Adolf Hitler , while its Italian mediumwave service

140-611: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Moscow Conference (1941) The initial contact with the USSR came with Presidential Envoy and Director of the Lend-Lease programme Harry Hopkins with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in Moscow. On 30 July 1941 Hopkins briefed journalists at Spaso House , the US Embassy residence. At 20.00, he

168-596: Is going to lose. Hopkins concluded his business and flew back to London on Friday 1 August. The Moscow conference was proposed following the meeting between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Placentia Bay . A joint message was sent to from Churchill and Roosevelt to Joseph Stalin with the proposal. It was delivered to Stalin on August 15 at 18.00 by US Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt and British Ambassador Sir Stafford Cripps . They handed over identical copies signed by Roosevelt and Churchill. Stalin immediately dictated

196-471: Is precious. Let us get to work.' This main session lasted for 30 minutes but delegations appointed members for the committees who went into immediate session. They were instructed to have reports on the Soviet requirements ready by the morning of 3 October. The conference reconvened on 1 October, two days ahead of schedule, for the second and final meeting of the main delegations. The agreement signed, known as

224-499: The Russian president Boris Yeltsin issued a decree which reorganized Radio Moscow with a new name: Voice of Russia . By 1931, when Radio Moscow came under the control of the newly established Gosteleradio , the service comprised eight languages: English , French , German , Czech , Hungarian , Italian , Spanish , Swedish . By the 1970s there were 64 languages: In 1989 Russian , Malay and Tagalog were added. In 10 of

252-870: The 14 union republics besides the RSFSR there were foreign broadcasting services. Until 1988, there was no Russian service of Radio Moscow. Instead there were several other services for Russians abroad like the Fifth programme of the All-Union Radio (since 1960), Radio Motherland (Радиостанция Родина) of the Soviet Committee for Cultural Relations with Fellow-Countrymen Abroad or for fishermen Radio Pacific Ocean (Радиостанция Тихий Океан, 1963–2001) from Vladivostok and Radio Atlantic (Радиостанция Атлантика, 1965–2004) from Murmansk . The First All-Union Radio Programme and Radio Mayak were also relayed on shortwave. The USSR pioneered

280-536: The Caribbean islands and US State of Florida. One programme on air in the 1980s with an informal presentation, in contrast to most other shows, was the Listeners' Request Club , hosted by radio presenter Vasily Strelnikov . Another feature on Radio Moscow was Moscow Mailbag , which answered listeners' questions in English about the Soviet Union. From 1957, the programme was presented by Joe Adamov . On 22 December 1993,

308-460: The First Protocol, was signed on 1 October 1941. The agreement was set to run until June 1942. It promised the Soviet Union 400 aircraft, 500 tanks and 10,000 trucks a month in addition to other supplies. A joint statement was issued by Lord Beaverbrook and Avril Harriman, separate from the conference communique. The closing paragraph stated: In concluding its session the conference adheres to

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336-597: The Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers) between December 16 and December 26, 1945 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Moscow Conference . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Conference&oldid=1254054234 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

364-538: The Prime Minister. Churchill read the report and telegraphed Lord Beaverbrook, who in turn asked Jordan about the matter. Jordan refused to name his source and Beaverbrook accused younger officials from the British Embassy of leaking information. Ultimately, while it turned out to be true that Churchill had ordered the caviar the amount was exaggerated. However, it was feared that it would reflect badly that such

392-621: The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe , and Cuba . Radio Moscow's interval signal was " Wide Is My Motherland " (Russian: Широка страна моя родная , romanized : Shiroka strana moya rodnaya ). Moscow Nights was the station's signature tune since its relaunch as the Radio Moscow World Service in 1978. Radio Moscow's first foreign language broadcast was in German on 29 October 1929; English and French services soon followed. Previously, Radio Moscow broadcast in 1922 with

420-524: The Three-Power Moscow Conference took place this morning under the presidency of Molotov. In his opening address he paid high tribute to Lord Beaverbrook and to Mr. Averell Harriman. 'I hope,' he said, 'that the conference will be guided by the high ideals expressed by President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill on August 15. I would suggest that today we appoint six committees – army, navy, aviation, transport, raw materials, and medical supplies. Time

448-620: The U.S.S.R. in its war of liberation against Hitlerite Germany. The delegates flew into Moscow on 28 September. They were greeted by Vice-Commissar Andrei Vyshinsky and the staffs of the British and US embassies. W. Averell Harriman representing the United States of America and Lord Beaverbrook representing the United Kingdom met with Vyacheslav Molotov (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs) presiding. Their respective ambassadors took

476-458: The air in the late 1950s in English and French. In 1961, Radio Moscow for the first time began to transmit broadcasts in three African languages: Amharic , Swahili and Hausa . Over time, speakers of another eight African languages were able to listen to services from Radio Moscow. The first centralized news bulletin went on the air in August 1963 and reached out to listeners all over the world. In

504-466: The confidence in his country would not be misplaced. The pair met again at 18.00 the following day at the Kremlin . Hopkins once more returned to Spaso House and brief the press. He described how pleasantries were done away with and they got down to specifics. Hopkins added: I have nothing to add to what I said the other day, other than that my short visit here has given me even more confidence that Hitler

532-646: The delegates to meet Stalin on the same evening. Molotov was also present along with Maxim Litvinov who was attending as a delegate acted as translator . The conference opened on 29 September at the residence of the Foreign Commissariat, the Spiridonovka Palace. Following a closed session an official communique was released, prepared by Quentin Reynolds (of Collier's magazine) and Vernon Bartlett MP ( News Chronicle and BBC ). The formal opening of

560-532: The good of our common cause. Aside from the main events of the conference there was an incident regarding the purchase of caviar for Prime Minister Churchill. Philip Jordan, reporting for the News Chronicle from the news conference. However, his despatches were also carried by The Times and Lord Beaverbrook's own Daily Express . Jordan learned from an undisclosed source that Lord Beaverbrook had sent an employee to buy £25 GBP (approximately $ 100 USD ) for

588-475: The party at sea. A gangplank was passed between the two ships and American Admiral William Standley crossed first. Lord Beaverbrook crossed with a rope around his waist in case he fell. The ships separated and HMS London called via loudspeaker "Well done, Harrier, Well done". In a speech of 6 November 1941 to mark the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution Joseph Stalin stated: ...

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616-557: The resolution of the three governments that, after the final annihilation of Nazi tyranny, a peace will be established which will enable the world to live in security in its own territory in conditions free from fear or need The delegates departed by Douglas passenger planes on 3 October where they boarded HMS Harrier in the White Sea. The Halcyon-class minesweeper took them to meet the County-class heavy cruiser HMS London to transfer

644-428: The supply to our country of deficit materials such as aluminum, lead, tin, nickel, and rubber. If to this is added the fact that a few days ago the United States of America decided to grant a loan of one billion dollars to the Soviet Union, one can say with assurance that the coalition of the United States of America, Great Britain and the U. S. S. R., is a reality (stormy applause) which is increasing and will increase for

672-411: The three power conference in Moscow with the participation of Mr. [Lord] Beaverbrook, the representative of Great Britain, and Mr. Harriman, representative of the United States of America, decided upon systematic assistance to our country with tanks and airplanes. As is well known we have already begun to receive tanks and airplanes on the basis of this decision. Even previously Great Britain had guaranteed

700-498: The years of the Cold War , most news reports and commentaries focused on the relations between the United States and Soviet Union. In the 1970s, Radio Moscow's commentators broadcast in the "News and Views" program. The participants were Viktor Glazunov, Leonid Rassadin, Yuri Shalygin, Alexander Kushnir, Yuri Solton and Vladislav Chernukha. In the late 1970s, the English language service was renamed Radio Moscow World Service. The project

728-484: Was jammed under the orders of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini during the late 1930s. During World War II, Radio Moscow operated an effective international service to Germany and occupied Europe. The United States was first targeted by Radio Moscow during the early 1950s, with transmitters in the Moscow region. Later Western North America was targeted by the newly constructed Vladivostok and Magadan relay stations. The first broadcasts to Africa went on

756-547: Was described as looking 'pale and tired' and speaking 'faintly, his voice dwindling away at times to an inaudible mumble'. Hopkins confirmed he had spoken with Stalin and had informed the Soviet leader of President Roosevelt's admiration for the Russian resistance to the German invasion of the Soviet Union . Hopkins added that he had told Stalin of the United States' resolve to support the USSR with supplies. Stalin thanked Hopkins and told him

784-522: Was launched and supervised by a long-time Radio Moscow journalist and manager Alexander Evstafiev. Later, North American, African and British Isles services (all in English) operated for a few hours per day alongside the regular (24 Hour) English World Service. At one time in 1980, Radio Moscow had transmissions on the Medium Wave broadcast on 600 kHz (later 1040 kHz) from Havana, Cuba which reached

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