Churchill's meeting with Stalin in Moscow a year after the Atlantic Conference provides a comparison for informal summit diplomacy. Harriman again represented the United States, while Cadogan accompanied Churchill. The comparison draws on the greater detail available about the Moscow talks than about the four days of the Atlantic meeting. Cadogan's account places Churchill and Stalin together in Stalin's apartment at 1:00 a.m. on 16 August, with Molotov also present and a table full of food and drink. That account gives a concrete example of business and personal contact continuing beyond scheduled sessions. Churchill and Roosevelt likewise continued talking at all hours during the Atlantic meeting.
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The 1942 Moscow talks show informal summit diplomacy
A better documented meeting among Churchill, Stalin, Harriman, and Cadogan shows how late-night access could sustain coalition relations.