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the egreement of any other Power, but the US and the UK promised
to exemine them sympsthstically. Moreover, the US Delegate made
it known that in the American viow, the pressure on the Gorman
8.
econcany could be relieved by halting any further transfers.
is SERVICE" AND
The Moscow Conference decided that the "Control Council
should
study further the whole question of the transfers of population into
Germany with a view to directing to the areas best able to receive
them those populations whose tranefer to Germany may be decided in
the future"; however, the ACC cannot be expected to complete a
report on this matter before the CFM convenes in London.
The nine million expelless so far accommodated in Germany
have not been distributed equitably among the four zones. The
French Zone, in particular, has not taken an appropriate number. 2
The US has gone on record as favoring a more equitable distribution,
and at the Moscow Conference it +supported a British propoaal that
the ACC ehould study the possibility of redistribution to effect a
more equitable and even settlement of the refugeee. The Soviet
Delegation also supported this proposal, but the French opposed it.
The problem of the over-all distribution of the Gorman
population has recently been further complicated by the illegal entry
of large numbers of Germans from the Soviet Zone into the US Zons.
For a detailed discussion of the issues connected with the
interzonal exchange of dislodged Bee OMGUS paper
Population, Refugess-and Fxpellees, November 1947, (Secret).
3. German Prisoners of War. For a detailed presentation of
Allied agreements on and the statue of the repatriation of German
1. It is not clear whother this definition was to include Germane
whose transfer had already been decided but who had not yet been
transferred.
2. In the French Zone, the population is at present lower than 1t
was before the war, whergas in the British and Soviet Zones it
has increased by about one-Soventh, and in the US Zone by one-
firth. While the setuel impact of the increase is qualified by
the sconomic and housing capabilities of the particular zone, it
is a fact that the US Zone population has increased most while
the Fronch Zone has lese inhabitants than baforo the war and has
the lowest density of population of all zones.
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