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

740.00119 EAC/7–1245

No. 405
Memorandum by the Delegation to the European Advisory Commission ¹

[Extract]²

secret

[London,] July 12, 1945.

The Work of the European Advisory Commission (January 1944–July 1945)

a summary report

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(2) Zones of Occupation in Germany. From March to September 1944 the Commission considered the problem of zones of occupation in Germany and the joint occupation of Berlin. The first step in agreement was set forth in an E. A. C. Protocol of September 12, 1944,³ outlining three zones of occupation in Germany and three areas of occupation in Berlin. By a further Agreement of November 14, 1944,⁴ the U. S. and U.K. zones in Germany were fixed. At Yalta it was agreed that the French zone would be formed out of the U. S. and British zones,⁵ and the French zone has been agreed between the U. S., French and British Representatives on the E. A. C. Except for determining a French area of occupation in Greater Berlin, the Commission has completed a draft Agreement to provide for this adjustment in the zones.⁶ The E. A. C. agreements on zones in Germany are now being carried out by the military authorities.

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1. Submitted to Byrnes as an enclosure to document No. 233.
2. For other extracts from this report, see enclosure 1 to document No. 233, and document No. 415.
3. For text, see Treaties and Other International Acts Series No. 3071; United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 2078; Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, p. 118.
4. For text, see Treaties and Other International Acts Series No. 3071; United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, vol. 5, pt. 2, p. 2087; Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, p. 121.
5. See vol. ii, document No. 1416, section iv .
6. See document No. 406.