<Li> Stalin requested that all of the 16 Soviet Socialist Republics would be granted UN membership . This was taken into consideration, but 14 republics were denied; Truman agreed to membership for Ukraine and Byelorussia while reserving the right, which was never exercised, to seek two more votes for the United States . </Li> <Li> Stalin agreed to enter the fight against the Empire of Japan "in two or three months after Germany has surrendered and the war in Europe is terminated," and that as a result, the Soviets would take possession of Southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, the port of Dalian would be internationalized, and the Soviet lease of Port Arthur would be restored, among other concessions . </Li> <Li> Nazi war criminals were to be found, and put on trial in the territories where their crimes had been committed; Nazi leaders were to be executed . </Li> <Li> A "Committee on Dismemberment of Germany" was to be set up . Its purpose was to decide whether Germany was to be divided into six nations . Some examples of partition plans are shown below: </Li>

This picture shows the leaders of the big three meeting in tehran iran in 1943