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Hull succeeded in ousting Welles from the State Department in 1943 and thereafter enjoyed more involvement in and control over U.S. foreign policy and negotiations. In October 1943 Hull met with Anthony Eden of Great Britain and V. M. Molotov of the Soviet Union in Moscow to lay the groundwork for the creation of the United Nations. Addressing a joint session of Congress on his return from Moscow, Hull declared that in the postwar world "there will no longer be need for spheres of influence. . . ." In this judgment — as well as in his assessment of Stalin as "a remarkable personality, one of the great statesmen and leaders of his age" — Hull missed the mark. Hull contributed further to establishing the groundwork for the United Nations, playing prominent roles at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (August-October 1944), where proposals for the charter were drawn up, and...
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