Freely elected governments
At the Potsdam conference (I think)
From Japan, Truman demanded unconditional surrender. From Stalin, Truman demanded free elections throughout Eastern Europe.
From Stalin, whose troops occupied most of Eastern Europe, Truman demanded that free elections be held in those countries. Unfortunately, the Soviets controlled the governments and ensured that communist puppet parties gained power, leading to the Warsaw Pact and Russian hegemony.
President Harry S Truman
Truman wasn't president in Potsdam. FDR was still president and sick at the time.
Potsdam of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. It was known as the Potsdam conference.
Yes. They were there along with Churchill from Britain.
The Potsdam Conference consisted of England/Churchill , Russia/Stalin and US/Truman .
The atomic bomb test
He refused to promise to allow free elections in Eastern Europe.
actually, the big three were not at potsdam. by that time FDR had died and was replaced by truman. they were there to discuss post war arrangements.
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Winston met at the conference. The surrender of Japan brought hostilities in World War II to a close. In the conference the topics were, European peace settlements, the administration of defeated Germany, the demarcation of the boundaries of Poland, the occupation of Austria, the definition of the Soviet Union's role in eastern Europe, the determination of reparations, and the further prosecution of the war against Japan.