How was the safety of allied leaders ensured in transportation for conferences during WW2?
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The Allies had sufficient control of the Atlantic Ocean for FDR and Churchill to arrive safely at Casablanca by sea in 1943 (the routes were "safe enough" for over 100,000 Allied troops). Getting to Casablanca was more problematic for Stalin, which is why he didn't attend. The theoretical danger was by land or air, but as people pointed out in the answer to my question, that wasn't a real danger.
To get Stalin's attendance, the other choices, Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam catered to him. Again the safer routes were by sea, although with the Allies' foothold in Italy, both sea and air routes over the Mediterranean and through the Suez Canal or over the Middle East to Tehran and Yalta were reasonably safe. Potsdam was in Germany, after it surrendered, and only Japan remained.
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By counterintelligence and air superiority.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Long_Jump
The Axis allegedly was planning to assassinate Allied leaders at the Tehran Conference. The plot was never tried. However, it would have never worked because Soviet intelligence had intercepted the plans.
Furthermore, the Allies had air superiority and didn't have to worry about something like the P-38 interception of the plane carrying Admiral Yamato. Roosevelt went by plane and sea. Churchill risked U boats and went by sea.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=119761
Stalin was reluctant to travel long distances, and given the Soviet Air Forces' unreliability, probably went overland at least part of the way.
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/yalta.html
The Soviet dictator refused to travel further than the Black Sea Resort, Yalta, in the Crimean Riveria (then part of the Soviet Union, now part of Ukraine) for the next summit and, once again, Churchill and Roosevelt were both the ones taking long and tiring trips to attend the Yalta summit.
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