FDR and Churchill met secretly on a battleship near Newfoundland. Churchill wanted a military
commitment from the US so FDR said he would "try to force an incident" only then could he declare war on Germany. They also talked about goals for the end of the war. These included collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas. The document signed was known as the Atlantic Charter and it later became the basis for the United Nations.