Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, European Advisory Commission, Austria, Germany, Volume III

740.00119 EW/12–645: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, December 6, 1945—3 p.m.

5696. For Angell Number 67. Reurtel No. 61, Nov 15.¹⁸ Warx 63230, Sept 12¹⁹ to CG, USFET provides for restitution of identifiable war material acquired by Germans provided it can be identified as having been actually captured from the armed forces of any United Nations. No provision made for restitution of war material produced for German account in occupied countries or for turning over to Zecho war material produced in Germany.

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18. Reference is to telegram 6616, from Paris, in which Mr. Angell reported the desire of the Czech delegate at the Paris Conference to secure restitution of identified Czech military equipment, or its equivalent, which he claimed the Germans had seized and taken back to Germany (740.00119 EW/11–1545).
19. Not printed.