740.00119 Control (Germany)/11–3045: Telegram
The United States Political Adviser for Germany (Murphy) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 1—8:55 a.m.]
1147. On behalf of the Control Council, I have sent the following message, mutatis mutandis, to the American Embassy, Warsaw, as 103; American Embassy, Praha, as 72; US representative on the Allied Control Commission for Hungary as 15; and US representative on the Allied Control Commission for Austria as 41.
Please present the following formal communication from the Allied Control Council for Germany. Same communication is being transmitted to Czechoslovak Government and the Allied Control Commissions for Austria and Hungary and is being repeated to the Department for its information as this mission’s No. 1147.
“At their 12th meeting held in Berlin on 20th November 1945, the Allied Control Council for Germany approved a plan for the transfer of the German population to be moved from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland into the four occupied zones of Germany.
“Details of this plan outlining the tentative (preliminary) allocation between zones of occupation and a schedule of movement of the German population is enclosed herewith.
“Plan for the transfer of the German population to be moved from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland into the four occupied zones of Germany.
- 1.
- The entire German population to be moved from Poland (3½ million persons) will be admitted to the Soviet and the British zones of occupation in Germany.
- 2.
- The entire German population to be moved from Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Hungary (3,150,000 persons) will be admitted to the American, French, and the Soviet zones of occupation in Germany.
- 3.
- A. Tentative (preliminary) allocation of this population between
zones will be as follows:
- (a)
- Into the Soviet zone from Poland 2 million persons, into the Soviet zone from Czechoslovakia ¾ million persons.
- (b)
- Into the British zone from Poland 1½ million persons.
- (c)
- Into the American zone from Czechoslovakia 1¾ million persons, into the American zone from Hungary ½ million persons.
- (d)
- Into the French zone from Austria 150,000 persons.
- B. The French zone will start acceptance not earlier than 15 April 1946. Meanwhile, after the exchange of German refugees is completed according to the principle one for one, the French zone will continue to accept approximately 250,000 refugees from the US zone who were domiciled formerly in the French zone.
- 4.
- It is considered possible immediately after the confirmation of this plan to proceed with the admittance of population from the [Page 1317] above-mentioned countries in accordance with the following schedule: During December 1945 at the rate of 10% of the total number; during January and February 1946 at the rate of 5% of the total number; during March 1946 at the rate of 15% of the total number; during April 1946 at the rate of 15% of the total number; during May 1946 at the rate of 20% of the total number; during June 1946 at the rate of 20% of the total number; during July 1946 at the rate of 10% of the total number. Changes may be made on account of weather or transport and after more information is received about the quantity of population transferred. The British zone will start acceptance of the above refugees into the British zone when the volume of the present exchange on the head-for-head basis permits it. This date will be fixed by agreement between the chiefs of the PW and DP divisions of the Soviet and British elements.
- 5.
- The execution of this plan must not interfere with the carrying out of the previously reached agreement as regards the exchange of the German refugees between the zones on a one for one basis.”