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

740.00119 Potsdam/7–1445

No. 404
The Assistant Secretary of State ( Dunn ) to the Secretary of State ¹

[Extracts]²

secret

Potsdam , July 14, 1945.

Memorandum for the Secretary

Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, called this afternoon and discussed for two hours in a preliminary way a number of matters on the agenda of the Conference.³

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8. Partition of Germany.

Sir Alexander agreed that partition would be desirable if promoted by the Germans but should not be forced on Germany. He professed ignorance of French projects for internationalizing the Ruhr.

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James Clement Dunn

1. Printed from a carbon copy on which there is an uncertified typed signature.
2. For other extracts from this memorandum, see documents Nos. 140, 218, 234, 258, 319, 351, 379, 470, 519, 635, 645, 678, and 708.
3. For a list of persons present at this meeting, see document No. 234, footnote 3.