Chart - Focus Task

The war against Hitler had united Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill and at the Yalta
Conference they appeared to get on well. Source 2 illustrates the 'public' face of Yalta.
But what was going on behind the scenes? Sources 3-11 will help you decide.



Agreement

•  Source 4 - Roosevelt and Churchill agree on the idea of the Soviet Union being red.

Disagreement

•  Source 3 - Allies tricked Russia during WW1
                  - Churchill will steal a penny from you
• Source 4 -  Stalin disagrees with Churchill and Roosevelt
• Source 7 - Soviets don't really like Churchill.

Reliability 

• Source 3 - Yes -we think he's being honest, speaking to a fellow communist in a private conversation
• Source 4 - Yes- Milovan Djilas is writing about what happened in the hall when Stalin said that.
• Source 8 - Not reliable because it's from a textbook and different places have different views on things.