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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Council of Foreign Ministers; Germany and Austria, Volume II

II. The fourth session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Moscow, March 10–April 24, 1947


Contents

    • A. Preparations for the session; substantive pre-Conference papers and discussions (Documents 40–74)
      • B. Recommendations on Conference subjects (Documents 75–77)
        • C. Records and reports of the proceedings of the session (Documents 78–158)
          • D. Conference documents and supplementary papers (Documents 159–209)
            • 1. The German peace settlement; quadripartite control over Germany (Documents 159–178)
              • 2. Economic affairs in the United States, British and French zones of occupation in Germany (Documents 179–191)
                • 3. Requests by Allied Governments for participation in the German peace settlement (Documents 192–200)
                  • 4. Draft treaty for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria (Documents 201–209)

                Contents

                • Preface
                • Introduction
                • List of abbreviations, symbols, and code names
                • List of persons
                • I. Meetings of the Deputies of the Council of Foreign Ministers, London, January 14–February 25, 1947
                  • A. Meetings of the Deputies for Germany (Documents 1–25)
                  • B. Meetings of the Deputies for Austria (Documents 26–39)
                • II. The fourth session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Moscow, March 10–April 24, 1947
                  • A. Preparations for the session; substantive pre-Conference papers and discussions (Documents 40–74)
                  • B. Recommendations on Conference subjects (Documents 75–77)
                  • C. Records and reports of the proceedings of the session (Documents 78–158)
                  • D. Conference documents and supplementary papers
                    • 1. The German peace settlement; quadripartite control over Germany (Documents 159–178)
                    • 2. Economic affairs in the United States, British and French zones of occupation in Germany (Documents 179–191)
                    • 3. Requests by Allied Governments for participation in the German peace settlement (Documents 192–200)
                    • 4. Draft treaty for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria (Documents 201–209)
                • III. The Austrian Treaty Commission, May 12–October 11, 1947 (Documents 210–242)
                • IV. The fifth session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, London, November 25–December 15, 1947
                  • A. Preparations and arrangements for the council session (Documents 243–270)
                  • B. Proceedings of the council session (Documents 271–301)
                  • C. Council documents and supplementary papers
                    • 1. The German peace settlement (Documents 302–308)
                    • 2. The draft Austrian state treaty (Documents 309–314)
                  • D. Post-Conference discussions with the British and French (Documents 315–320)
                • V. The occupation and control of Germany
                  • A. Problems of the quadripartite control of Germany; participation by the United States in the work of the Allied Control Authority for Germany; efforts by the Soviet Union to thwart the development of democratic political life in Berlin and the Soviet zone of occupation (Documents 321–363)
                  • B. Economic cooperation, control, and rehabilitation in the American, British and French zones of occupation in Germany
                    • 1. Measures to improve economic cooperation and coordination in the United States-United Kingdom bizonal area; reorganization of bizonal economic agencies; the American-British coal talks in Washington, August–September; measures for the control and management of the German coal industry; the revision of the Bizonal Agreement of December 1946 (Documents 364–406)
                    • 2. Revision of the level of industry plan for the United States–United Kingdom zones of occupation; American-British-French level of industry conversations in London, August; proposals for an Allied regime for the Ruhr (Documents 407–467)
                    • 3. Attitude of the United States regarding the detachment of the Saar from Germany and its integration into the French economy (Documents 468–488)
                    • 4. Reparations policy (Documents 489–514)
                    • 5. Measures to deal with the food crisis in Germany; principles of a food supply program for Germany (Documents 515–530)
                  • C. Policies and problems in the United States zone of occupation in Germany (Document 531)
                • VI. Austria
                  • A. Problems of quadripartite control in Austria; efforts by the United States to assure the reestablishment of Austrian sovereignty and democracy (Documents 532–565)
                  • B. Interest of the United States in the settlement by Austria and Italy of the questions affecting the status of the South Tyrol (Documents 566–570)
                • Index

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