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Dumbarton Oaks Conference

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Dumbarton Oaks Conference: see United Nations United Nations (UN), international organization established immediately after World War II. It replaced the League of Nations. In 1945, when the UN was founded, there were 51 members; 192 nations are now members of the organization (see table entitled United Nations
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference First blueprint of the United Nations is prepared at a conference at a mansion known as Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.
The revered UN Charter, recall, was drafted at the 1944 Dumbarton Oaks conference under the direction of one of our nation's most infamous traitors: Alger Hiss.
There began a series of scoops, like Reston's sensational publication in 1945 of the secret founding documents of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, which established the United Nations.
 
 
 
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