Военное обозрение By Top War
prehistory
The leaders of the great powers gathered in Tehran to resolve a number of difficult issues related to the continuation of the war against Nazi Germany, the post-war structure of Europe and the entry of the USSR into the war with Japan.
First, we had to decide where to hold the conference. In Western Europe there was nowhere, or it was dangerous to hold a meeting of the Big Three. The Americans and British did not want to hold the conference on Soviet territory. In August 1943, Moscow was informed that neither Arkhangelsk nor Astrakhan were suitable for such a conference. Roosevelt and Churchill proposed a meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Stalin refused to leave Moscow for such a long distance at such a tense time. The Soviet leader proposed holding a meeting in a state where there were representations of all three powers, for example, in Iran. In addition to Tehran, Cairo (proposed by Churchill), Istanbul and Baghdad were considered as “conference capitals”. We settled on Tehran, since at that moment it was controlled by Soviet and British troops, and there was also an American contingent there…
