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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/HelloSlowly on 2023-12-22 08:31:34.

Original Title: TIL That FDR proposed the ‘Four Policemen’ where the US, UK, Soviet Union and China would each would control and oversee their sphere of influence. Countries other than those four were to be disarmed. Only the Four Policemen would be allowed to possess any weapons more powerful than a rifle