Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1944, General, Volume I

740.00119 EAC/11–1244: Telegram

The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman) to the Secretary of State

London, November 12, 1944—4 p.m.
[Received November 12—2:10 p.m.]

9880. Comea 127. For the Acting Secretary, Mr. Matthews and Mr. Winant. In a long and cordial conversation with Mosely last night the Soviet representative on the EAC expatiated at length and spontaneously upon necessity for establishing in advance agreed tripartite policies regarding the treatment of Germany (Embassy’s 9851, November 11, 8 p.m.). Gousev plainly assumes that it is the function of the EAC to work out such joint policies over a wide range of problems. He particularly stressed the importance of avoiding divergencies of treatment in the three zones such as might lead the Germans to regard any one occupying power as harsher or more lenient than the others. He singled out for earliest possible negotiation question of elimination of Nazis and of the Hitler regime (Embassy’s 9702, November 8, 7 p.m.).⁷² Gousev’s views which obviously reflect his recent consultations in Moscow lend special emphasis to the questions raised in Embassy’s 9851 and 9702.

Gallman

[On November 14, 1944, the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union on the European Advisory Commission in London signed an Agreement on Control Machinery in Germany. For text, see Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, page 124, or Department of State, Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) 3070, printed in Department of State, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, volume 5, part 2 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1956), page 2062.

On November 14, 1944, the representatives of these countries also signed an Amending Agreement to the Protocol on Zones of Occupation in Germany and the Administration of “Greater Berlin”. (See bracketed note printed on page 334.) For text, see Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, page 121, or Department of State, Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS) 3071, printed in Department of State, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, volume 5, part 2 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1956), page 2087.]

72. Not printed; it discussed revisions of the United States draft directive “Dissolution of Nazi Party and Purge of Nazi Personnel” (740.00119 EAC/11–844).