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Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

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[381] No. 381
Briefing Book Paper

[ Washington ,] July 4, 1945.

740.00119 (Potsdam)/5–2446


[382] No. 382
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State ad interim

London, June 28, 1945—noon.

800.515/6–2845: Telegram


[383] No. 383
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, July 6, 1945—1 p.m.

800.515/6–2845: Telegram


[384] No. 384
The Acting Chief of the Division of Economic Security Controls (Oliver) to the Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy (Collado) and the Adviser on German Economic Affairs (Despres)

[Washington,] July 7, 1945.

740.00119 Potsdam/7–745


[385] No. 385
The Acting Representative in Rumania (Melbourne) to the Acting Secretary of State

Bucharest, July 12, 1945—1 p.m.

840.6363/7–1245: Telegram

Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • List of abbreviations, symbols, and code names
  • List of persons mentioned
  • List of papers
  • I. Genesis of the conference
    • Initial correspondence concerning a tripartite conference (Documents 1–19)
    • The Hopkins mission to Moscow (Documents 20–30)
    • The Davies mission to London (Documents 31–34)
  • II. Final arrangements for the conference
    • Physical arrangements and appointment of delegations (Documents 35–140)
    • Preparation of the agenda (Documents 141–220)
  • III. General background reports
    • General foreign policy (Document 221)
    • European questions (Documents 222–225)
    • International communism (Document 226)
  • IV. Recommendations and late developments on conference subjects
    • General questions
      • Establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers and dissolution of the European Advisory Commission (Documents 227–234)
      • United Nations:
        • Admission of Italy and Spain (Documents 235–245)
        • Possible trusteeship for Italian colonial territories and Korea (Documents 246–254)
        • Officers of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations (Document 255)
    • European questions
      • General European questions:
        • Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; freedom of the press in eastern Europe (Documents 256–258)
        • Inland waterways (Documents 259–267)
      • Austria:
        • Extension of the authority of the Renner government (Documents 268–272)
        • Reparations (Documents 273–277)
        • Agreements on zones of occupation and control machinery; occupation of the western zones and of Vienna (Documents 278–284)
      • Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania:
        • Governments, control commissions, elections, conclusion of peace treaties, and diplomatic relations (Documents 285–321)
        • Use of Allied property for reparations or war booty (Documents 322–324)
        • Control of external assets (Documents 325–326)
      • Germany:
        • Principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period (Documents 327–351)
        • Reparations, restitution, and war booty (Documents 352–380)
        • External assets (Documents 381–385)
        • Disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine (Documents 386–392)
        • War criminals (Documents 393–396)
        • Soviet annexation of Konigsberg and northern East Prussia (Document 397)
        • The Rhineland and the Ruhr (Documents 398–404)
        • The French zone of occupation and the French sector in Berlin (Documents 405–413)
        • The “additional requirements” agreement (Documents 414–416)
        • Coal and food (Documents 417–434)
        • Transfers of population (Documents 435–441)
      • Greece:
        • Government and elections (Documents 442–453)
        • Relations with Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia (Documents 454–463)
      • Italy:
        • General policy, revision of surrender terms, and conclusion of a peace treaty (Documents 464–472)
        • Retention of Allied forces and of a combined command in Italy (Documents 473–481)
        • Proposed appointment of James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission (Document 482)
      • Poland:
        • Government and elections; liquidation of the affairs of the Government-in-Exile (Documents 483–508)
        • Frontiers and areas of administration (Documents 509–520)
        • Economic assistance from the United States (Documents 521–523)
      • Soviet Union:
        • Participation in European economic organizations (Documents 524–525)
        • Repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals (Documents 526–530)
        • Air traffic between the United States and the Soviet Union (Documents 531–535)
      • United Kingdom:
        • Lend-lease; need for Anglo-American financial discussions (Documents 536–546)
        • Civil aviation policy (Documents 547–548)
        • Allocation of shipping (Document 549)
        • Combined Chiefs of Staff machinery (Document 550)
      • Yugoslavia:
        • Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Yugoslavia (Documents 551–557)
        • Attitude on civil administration in Venezia Giulia (Documents 558–573)
    • Far Eastern Questions
      • China: Negotiations with the Soviet Union (Documents 574–579)
      • Japan:
        • Peace feelers through the Soviet Union (Documents 580–588)
        • Issuance of a proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan (Documents 589–597)
        • Basic military objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan (Documents 598–601)
        • Planning date for the end of organized resistance by Japan (Document 602)
        • Control and command in the war against Japan (Documents 603–604)
        • Relationship of the Soviet Union to the war against Japan (Documents 605–614)
        • British Commonwealth participation in the war against Japan (Document 615)
        • French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan (Documents 616–618)
        • Use of atomic weapons in the war against Japan (Document 619)
        • Release of tankers for the war against Japan through altered distribution of European oil supplies (Documents 620–627)
    • Near Eastern and African questions
      • Iran: Withdrawal of Allied forces (Documents 628–635)
      • Lebanon and Syria: The crisis in Franco-Levantine relations (Documents 636–645)
      • Palestine: Jewish immigration (Documents 646–650)
      • Tangier: Future of the international zone; Soviet participation in the Paris conversations on Tangier (Documents 651–678)
      • Turkey: The Straits question; relations with the Soviet Union (Documents 679–709)
  • Index

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