Telegram from Lewis Douglas to Secretary of State George Marshall

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH C DECLASSIFIED 17 M E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Control 7793 Action: EUR Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973 Info: By NLT- HC , NARS Date 4-22-75 Rec 1d November 27, 1947 SS 5:30 p.m. UE C FROM: London AA AS TO: Secretary of State LE OFD NO: 6219, November 27, 9 p.m. TRC DCR DELSEC 1507 LOG FOR THE PRESIDENT, VANDENBERG, CONNALLY, EATON, BLOOM AND LOVETT Third CFM meeting November 27, Harshall presiding, considered the secona item on its agenda--the preparation of the German peace treaty; frontiers and procedures. Bidault asked the Council to approve the economic inte- gration into France of the Saar which would legalize the de facto status of the area. He also asked the CFM to settle in principle the question of the recti- fications of the German frontiers desired by Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands He stressed the demographic problem created in Germany since the war by crowding more dermans into less area than that of pre-war Germany. He restated his Moscow position that large numbers of Germans should emigrate to other countries, and urged that any frontier changes should result in no further transfers of persons into Germany. Bevin restated the British position taken at Moscow on the establishment of a central German government. He said he is prepared to shorten the time when the creation of such a government can be allowed but wants to be certain of a democratic not a puppet government and does not want to allow conditions to develop which would lead again to the establishment of a dictatorship in Germany. He differed with Bidault's position on the density of population in Germany and pointed out that if freedom of movement throughout Germany were guaran- teed, the population density of the various zones would be eased. At a later time, he added, remedial measures s. could be INFORMATION COPY