MISSION TO BERLIN
  Talks at Wilhelmstrasse
7 The Special Train
10 The Purpose of the Pact
19 Incident at Eydtkuhnen
20 The Bellevue Hotel
22 In the Reichskanzlei
23 A Meeting with Hitler
29 The Talks Continue
36 In Ribbentrop’s Bunker
38 The Nazis’ Secret Objectives
42 Twists of Fate
  Berlin on the Eve of the War
50 New Year’s Eve in the Grunewald
52 Diplomatic Receptions
59 Daily Life at the Embassy
62 A Box in the Admiralspalast
65 Alarming Signals
68 The Hess Affair
73 The Night of June 21
  The Return Home
81 In the Hands of the Enemy
86 An Argument at the Wilhelmstrasse
88 An SS Guard Helps the Bolsheviks
93 A Window to Freedom
96 Toast to Victory
100 The Anti-Fascist Underground
103 In the House on the Unter den Linden
106 In Occupied Europe
109 Baron Bothmer Puts Out Feelers
112 Waiting at Svilengrad
114 In Neutral Turkey
115 The Return to Moscow
  THE BIRTH OF THE COALITION
  The Beginning
118 New Objectives
123 The Anglo-Soviet Agreement
126 The Visit of Harry Hopkins
130 The Needs of the Front and the Prospects for the War
134 An Evening at the Metropol
  The First Trial
137 The Beaverbrook-Harriman Mission
142 Agreement on Deliveries
144 A Meeting with Stalin
150 Important Decisions
153 The People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs Moves to Kuibyshev
  The USA Enters the War
156 Pearl Harbour
160 The Führer’s Speech
162 Anthony Eden in Moscow
167 All the Way to Berlin!
168 1942
  The Main Partners
172 Some Aspects of Soviet-American Relations
178 Anglo-American Shipments
185 The Problem of the Second Front
192 Winston Churchill in Moscow
196 The Balkan Variant
198 The Joint Communique
201 Months of Concern
  The Moscow Conference
204 A Changed Situation
208 The House in Spiridonovka Street
212 The Four-Nation Declaration
214 In Stalin’s Office
216 The Meeting with Hull
220 Some Results of the Conference
227 Dinner in the Kremlin
235 The Road to Victory and Peace
  THE TEHERAN CONFERENCE
  Journey to the Iranian Capital
238 The Meeting of “the Three”
241 From Moscow to Baku
243 International Airline Passengers
244 Warning from the Rovno Forests
251 Inside the Soviet Embassy
252 Stalin Meets Roosevelt A Dialogue of Two Leaders
259 At the Round Table
265 Operation Overlord
  Conflict Between the Allies
272 Churchill’s Balkan Adventure
274 The King’s Sword Presented to Stalingrad
277 The Atmosphere Worsens
  A Nazi Spy in the British Embassy
282 The Teheran Decisions and “Cicero”
286 A Birthday Cake
  Plans for the Post-War Peaceful Settlement
289 The Argument over War Criminals
292 The Anglo-American Plan for the Partitioning of Germany
298 Post-War Settlement
300 “The Big Three” Leave Teheran
  How the Teheran Decisions Were Carried Out
304 On the Threshold of 1944
305 Back in Moscow
307 A Visit with Averell Harriman
311 The Appointment of Eisenhower
315 The Question of the Italian Fleet
321 A Fundamental Change
324 Henry Wallace in Tashkent
327 The “Parade” of War Prisoners
331 Two Conceptions of the UN Charter
335 The Controversy over Veto Rights
  THE ROAD TO POTSDAM
  Complications in Relations Among the Allies
340 Military Planning
343 Scepticism in London
345 Special Ties Between the USA and Britain
349 Crossing the Border
353 A Sharp Exchange in the Kremlin
  On the Threshold of Victory
356 The Warsaw Uprising
365 The Americans Analyse the Situation
369 Talks Between Two Leaders
378 The Results of the Visit
382 Preparations for a New “Big Three” Meeting
392 The Yalta Conference For and Against
396 Preliminary Sessions
399 The British Inheritance
403 Understanding About Poland’s Borders
407 Far-Eastern Affairs
411 An Example of Equitable Relations
413 Between Yalta and Potsdam The Berne Incident
426 Confrontation in the White House
436 Harry Hopkins’s Mission
443 Final Preparations
448 “The Big Three” in Berlin
  The Potsdam Conference
451 Stalin’s Meeting with Truman
453 The Particulars of the Situation
461 The First Day
465 The Dilemma over the Atomic Bomb
470 Social Events During the Conference
476 Truman’s Unsuccessful Attack
484 Continuation of the Discussion
487 Goings-on Aboard the Cruiser Augusta
  The Lessons of the Coalition
490 Experience in Cooperation Between Two Systems
492 Prospects for Peaceful Coexistence
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