740.00119 Control (Germany)/2–145: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

Cricket46 45. Have dispatched the following to Winant after conference which Eden and I had with General Marshall47 and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke.48

“You are authorized immediately to inform the European Advisory Commission of this Government’s approval of the protocol on zones of occupation for Germany. Eden is likewise telegraphing the British Government’s approval.”

Please advise McCloy.

  1. Series designation for telegrams from the Malta Conference. For record of the conference at Malta, January 30–February 2, 1945, between President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill, with their advisers, see Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, pp. 459546
  2. General of the Army George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
  3. Chief of the British Imperial General Staff