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 govern-
ment 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 endeavour, with due respect for their existing obliga-
tions, 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
labour standards , economic advance r ent, 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
(3) For Resolutions bearing upon the Atlantic Charter , adopted at the Inter-
Allied meetings held in London on June 12 and September 24, 1941, see Cmd. 6285
and Cmd. 6315.
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continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten,
aggression outside of, their frontiers , they believe,