-7-#2897, May 24, midnight, from London
 
(Department' s 2297, May 22, 3 p.m.).
 
The draft treaty follows:
 
DRAFT TREATY
 
     His Majesty the King of Great Britain,
 
Irland, and the British Dominions Beyond the
 
Seas, Emperor of india, and the Presidium of the
 
SuprsmE Council of the U.S.S.R;
 
     Desiring to confirm the stipulations of the
 
Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the
 
United Kingdom and the Government of the U.S.S.R.
 
for joint action in the war against Germany, signed
 
at Moscow on the twelfth July, 1941 and to replace
 
them by a formal treaty;
 
         Desiring to contribute after the war to the
 
maintenane of peace and to the prevention of further aggression by Germany or the States
 
associated with her in her acts of aggression in Europe;
 
     Desiring, moreover, to give expression to their intention to collaborate closely with one 
 
another as well as with the other United Nations at the peace settlement and during the ensuing
 
period of reconstruction on the basis of the  principles