By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 00:54 EST, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 26 October 2012 Winston Churchill wanted Nazi leaders to be executed and others imprisoned without trial - instead of going through the Nuremberg war crimes tribunals, according to wartime diaries declassified today. But Britain's wartime prime minister was said to have been swayed against the idea at the famous 'Big Three' conference in 1945 by US president Franklin D Roosevelt and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Roosevelt argued the US public would want proper trials and Stalin thought they would provide good propaganda. The British agreed to the hearings, despite fears they could set a dangerous example.
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PM was swayed against idea at 'Big Three' in 1945 by Roosevelt and Stalin
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Roosevelt argued at the conference that US public would want proper trials
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'Wallflowers' diary was by former MI5 head of counter-espionage Guy Liddell
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DPP wanted selected Nazi leaders to be 'bumped off' rather than put on trial
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