FDR's five policemen: creating the United Nations. (Franklin D. Roosevelt, former US president)

From: World Policy Journal | Date: September 22, 1994| Author: Schlesinger, Stephen | Copyright information

The US files released under the Freedom of Information Act and nicknamed 'Ultra' files highlight the important role played by the US in forming a UN motivated by national interest and altruism. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the US president at the time, even sent spies to other countries to find out their attitudes toward an organization that would include a Security Council with five permanent member countries with veto powers, a General Assembly and a Secretariat. The documents also reveal the rol...

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