Marsh Is.#475 Tehran Conference - 1993 Imperforate Mint Issue
December 1, 1943 By late 1943, it was imperative that the three Allied leaders, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Premier Stalin, meet to formulate the final strategies of the war. Adding to the urgency for the conference was concern that Stalin might negotiate a peace treaty with Germany (which would have made it virtually impossible for the British and the U.S. to liberate Europe) and pressure from China seeking Allied aid against Japan. Because Russia and China were not at war with the same enemy, two separate talks were held. At a preliminary meeting with China’s Chiang Kai-shek held in Cairo, Egypt, total surrender of Japan was reaffirmed and it was agreed that all occupied territories would be returned to China. The second conference, with Stalin, was held in the Iranian capital city of Teheran. Stalin pushed for the joint Anglo-American force to invade France and promised to declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated. The conferences strengthened relations between the Allied leaders, especially Stalin and Roosevelt, who had never met before.
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