Comments on: Why Churchill Skipped the Roosevelt Funeral in 1945 http://localhost:8080/roosevelt-funeral Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: J. Vasan http://localhost:8080/roosevelt-funeral#comment-62693 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:05:24 +0000 https://richardlangworth.com/?p=14783#comment-62693 Roosevelt humiliated Churchill on two occasions, first in 1941 when the Atlantic Charter was drafted by Roosevelt, which was going to be a disaster to the economic interest of Britain, especially Clause 3 of the Charter. Another occasion was 1943 in Teheran, the first wartime meeting between Big three leaders. Amid the conference, a secret meeting had been held between Stalin and Roosevelt to avoid Churchill. They discussed relinquishment of the British colonies.
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Thanks for comments. “Humiliated” is kind of strong, but there is no doubt that WSC was extremely disappointed by FDR’s attitude toward the Empire and his private meeting with Stalin at Teheran. But FDR did not press Britain on India. Wikipedia has an accurate account of that: https://bit.ly/3BULG4T.

Nor was Clause 3 very specific. FDR and WSC declared: “They respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self-government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them.” The last part of that was Churchill. There was plenty of give and take in their relationship, and as Churchill said, “the only thing worse than fighting with allies is fighting without them.” —RML

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