740.00119 EAC/9–2044: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
7670. Eacom 32. The President and the Prime Minister have approved a memorandum by the Combined Chiefs of Staff with regard to the allocation of the zones of occupation in Germany.83 The text thereof is quoted below for presentation in substance to the European Advisory Commission. (C.C.S. 320/27).
“Upon the collapse of organized resistance by the German Army the following subdivision of that part of Germany not allocated to the Soviet Government for disarmament, policing, and the preservation of order is acceptable from a military point of view by the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
For disarmament, policing and preservation of order:
The British forces under a British Commander will occupy Germany west of the Rhine, and east of the Rhine north of the line from Koblenz following the northern border of Hessen and Nassau to the border of the area allocated to the Soviet Government.
The forces of the United States under a United States Commander will occupy Germany east of the Rhine, south of the line Koblenz—northern border of Hessen-Nassau and west of the area allocated to the Soviet Government.
Control of the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven, and the necessary staging areas in that immediate vicinity will be vested in the Commander of the American Zone.
American area to have in addition access through the western and northwestern sea ports and passage through the British controlled area.
Accurate delineation of the above outlined British and American areas of control can be made at a later date.”
Copies of a map showing the zones will be forwarded as soon as possible.84
- President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill conferred at the Second Quebec Conference, September 11–16, 1944. The records of this conference are scheduled for publication in a subsequent volume of Foreign Relations. ↩
- Map sent as an enclosure to Department’s instruction 4563, September 21, to London (not printed).↩