"The President of the United States and the Prime
Minister Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government in the
United Kingdom, have met at sea.
"They have been accompanied by officials of their
two Governments, including high ranking officers of their Military,
Naval and Air Services.
"The whole problem of the supply of munitions
of war, as provided by the Lease-Lend Act, for the armed forces of the
United States and for those countries actively engaged in resisting
aggression has been further examined.
"Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of Supply of
the British Government, has joined in these conferences. He is going
to proceed to Washington to discuss further details with appropriate
officials of the United States Government. These conferences will also
cover the supply problems of the Soviet Union.
"The President and the Prime Minister have had
several conferences. They have considered the dangers to world civilization
arising from the policies of military domination by conquest upon which
the Hitlerite government of Germany and other governments associated
therewith have embarked, and have made clear the steps which their countries
are respectively taking for their safety in the face of these dangers.
"They have agreed upon the following joint declaration:
"Joint declaration of the President of the United
States of America and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing
His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, being met together,
deem it right to make known certain common principles in the national
policies of their respective countries on which they base their hopes
for a better future for the world.
"First, their countries seek no aggrandizement,
territorial or other;
"Second, they desire to see no territorial changes
that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned;
"Third, 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;
"Fourth, they will endeavor, with due respect
for their existing obligations, to further the enjoyment by all States,
great or small, victor or vanquished, of access, on equal terms, to
the trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for
their economic prosperity;
"Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest
collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object
of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement
and social security;
"Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi
tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all
nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries,
and which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may
live out their lives in freedom from fear and want;
"Seventh, such a peace should enable all men
to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance;
"Eighth, they believe that all of the nations
of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to
the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained
if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which
threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they
believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of
general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential.
They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures
which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.
"(Signed) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
"(Signed) WINSTON S. CHURCHILL"