The charter functioned as an entry fee to the Allied top table. A government that refused the principles risked losing influence over wartime and postwar planning, even if it intended to interpret them selectively later. The declaration also drew a simple public contrast between the powers claiming a better international order and the enemies they were fighting. It worked as an instrument of coalition discipline and a piece of wartime propaganda.
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Signing the charter bought entry to Allied planning
Adopting the declaration distinguished the Allies from the Axis and allowed governments to retain influence over the order being planned.