The first reaction to the Yalta Accords was solemn. Roosevelt and many other Americans saw this as proof that the spirit of US-Soviet war cooperation would be transmitted until the post-war period. But this feeling was only short-lived. With the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. At the end of April, the new government clashed with the Soviets over its influence in Eastern Europe and the United Nations. Concerned about the lack of cooperation felt by the Soviets, many Americans began to criticize the way Roosevelt negotiated the Yalta negotiations. To this day, many of Roosevelt`s critics accuse him of „ceding“ Eastern Europe and Northeast Asia to the Soviet Union at Yalta, although the Soviets made many substantial concessions. Allied leaders also discussed the future of Germany, Eastern Europe and the United Nations. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin agreed not only to include France in the post-war German government, but also that Germany should assume some, but not all, responsibility for post-war reparations. The Americans and the British generally agreed that future governments of Eastern European nations bordering the Soviet Union should be „friendly“ with the Soviet regime, while the Soviets pledged to allow free elections in all liberated regions of Nazi Germany. Negotiators also issued a statement on Poland that presented the Communists` accession to the post-war national government.
During discussions on the future of the United Nations, all parties agreed on a U.S. plan on voting procedures in the Security Council, which had been extended to five permanent members after France`s admission. Each of these permanent members should veto decisions before the Security Council. The final agreement stipulated that „the provisional government currently working in Poland should therefore be reorganized on a broader democratic basis, including Polish and Polish democratic leaders abroad.“ [18] Yalta`s language recognized the supremacy of the pro-Soviet Lublin government in a provisional government, albeit a reorganized one. [19] The agreement called on the signatories to „consider together the measures necessary to fulfil the common responsibilities defined in this declaration.“ During the discussions on Yalta, Molotov added language that weakens the implication of the application of the declaration. [19] At that time, the Soviet army had occupied Poland entirely and held much of Eastern Europe with a military power three times greater than allied forces in the West. [Citation required] The declaration of the liberated Europe has little to do to dispel the sphere of influence of the agreements that had been incorporated into ceasefire agreements.