Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, General: Political and Economic Matters, Volume II

740.00119 Control (Germany)/8–2045: Telegram

The United States Political Adviser for Germany (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

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Berlin, August 20, 1945—9 p.m.
[Received August 20—6:55 p.m.]

329. The Control Council held its third meeting in Berlin today.

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General Eisenhower⁸⁴ referred to the number of displaced persons from the east to the western zones and the necessity of arriving at an equitable distribution in this respect and pointed out that the American zone at present is extremely crowded. He also referred to the Potsdam decision regarding the transfer of populations from certain eastern areas. Zhukov⁸⁵ in the discussion insisted that the transfer of these populations must not be deferred for long.

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Murphy

83. This telegram is printed in full in vol. iii, p. 832.
84. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commanding General, United States Forces, European Theater; Commander in Chief, United States Forces of Occupation in Germany; American member, Allied Control Council for Germany.
85. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgiy Konstantinovich Zhukov, Chief of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany; Commander in Chief of Soviet Military Forces of Occupation in Germany; Soviet member on the Allied Control Council for Germany.