The main provisions can be summarized as follows : At the Second Quebec Conference , a high-level military conference held in Quebec City , September 12 – 16 , 1944 , the British and United States governments , represented by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt , respectively , reached agreement on a number of matters , including a plan for Germany , based on Morgenthau 's original proposal . The memorandum drafted by Churchill provided for " eliminating the warmaking industries in the Ruhr and the Saar ... looking forward to converting Germany into a country primarily agricultural and pastoral in its character . " However , it no longer included a plan to partition the country into several independent states
Second Quebec Conference
Second Quebec Conference
Morgenthau Plan