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

862.65/7–2345: Telegram

No. 914
The Representative on the Allied Commission on Reparations (Pauley) to the Washington Liaison Officer for the Delegation to the Allied Commission on Reparations (Kindleberger)¹

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Babelsberg, July 23, 1945.

Victory 235. To [Acting] Secretary of State for Kindleberger, Washington, from Pauley.

Please cable the following information in so far as it is available at once:

1. Estimate of approximate value of manufacturing and agricultural resources in (a) East Prussia and (b) that portion of East Prussia north of an east-west line passing through Goldap and Braunsberg, which line is approximately 33 kilometers south of Koenigsberg.

2. Estimated annual value of industrial output for each of these areas.

3. Estimated annual value of agricultural output for each of these areas.

1. Sent to the Acting Secretary of State. The same message was sent as Confrep 8 to the United States Military Mission, Moscow, marked “For Sproul for Bergson and Abramovitz from Pauley”.