Office of the Historian

740.00119 Control (Germany)/5–1045: Telegram

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

Washington, May 11, 1945—4 p.m.

3690. ReUrtel 4710, May 10, 10 p.m.43 The Department had not contemplated that there would be further negotiations in Paris respecting the French zone in Germany once that Caffery had described to the French Government the zone envisaged for it. You are requested immediately to inform Massigli of this zone and to proceed with the negotiations as indicated in Department’s 3546, May 5, 7 p.m.

You will have observed Caffery’s 282 to London44 with respect to Bezirk of Karlsruhe. This area should be offered by you to the French if essential to the prompt success of the negotiations.

It is important that this matter be pushed forward as promptly as possible in the EAC.

Repeated to Paris as 2005.

Grew
  1. Not printed; it reported that word was being awaited from Paris regarding completion of arrangements for the allocation of zones in Germany (740.00119–Control (Germany)/5–1045).↩
  2. Same as telegram 2410, May 6, from Paris, p. 278.↩