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740,00119 Control (Germany)/4–294S: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, April 29, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received April 29—10:55 a.m.]

4347. To Assistant Secretary Dunn and Matthews. Anticipating the need of immediate settlement of the French zoning in Germany and recognizing the necessity of being completely informed on this [Page 248] subject, I got in touch with General Smith last week and, on his suggestion I sent General Meyer to France to discuss this problem with him.

These conversations developed logistical problems that related to the zoning area to be assigned to France.

As soon as I received your message (3332, April 28, 3 p.m.) this morning forwarding the JCS views with respect to the French zone of occupation in Germany and explaining that you were asking Ambassador Caffery to take this matter up with the French Government, I again got in touch with General Smith. We arranged that General Meyer with General Bull81 and General Crawford82 would immediately consult with Ambassador Caffery. These arrangements have been explained to Ambassador Caffery by General Smith.

I thought that you might also like to know that we are in close liaison with General Clay.83 He has asked me if I would release Colonel Hammond84 for assignment to duty with him to act as Secretary General of the United States Group, Control Council.

Winant
  1. Maj. Gen. Harold Bull, Chief of the G–3 (Operations) Division of SHAEF.↩
  2. Maj. Gen. Robert W. Crawford, Chief of the G–4 (Supply) Division of SHAEF.↩
  3. Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United States Deputy Military Governor, Commanding General, United States Group, Control Council (Germany).↩
  4. Col. Thomas W. Hammond, Jr., Assistant Military Adviser to the United States Representative on the European Advisory Commission.↩