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UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
may be informed as soon as possible of the United States Govern-
ment's approval of this agreement. Copies are also being submitted
to the Secretary of War and to the Secretary of the Navy.
EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR.
[Attachment]
AGREEMENT ON CONTROL MACHINERY IN GERMANY 2
2 A letter from the Acting Secretary of State (Grew) to the Secretary of War
(Stimson) dated February 28, 1945, referred to this agreement as follows:
"
The Department of State was informed of its approval by the President
on January 23, 1945 and on January 24, 1945 Ambassador Winant formally noti-
fied the members of the Commission. Approval of the agreement by the British
Government was made known on December 5, 1944 and the Soviet Government
approved it on February 6, 1945.' (740.00119 EAC/2-2845.)
The Governments of the United States of America, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics have reached the following Agreement
with regard to the organisation of the Allied control machinery in
Germany in the period during which Germany will be carrying out
the basic requirements of unconditional surrender:-
Article 1.
Supreme authority in Germany will be exercised, on instructions
from their respective Governments, by the Commanders-in-Chief of
the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, each in his own zone of
occupation, and also jointly, in matters affecting Germany as a whole,
in their capacity as members of the supreme organ of control consti-
tuted under the present Agreement.
Article 2.
Each Commander-in-Chief in his zone of occupation will have
attached to him military, naval and air representatives of the other
two Commanders-in-Chief for liaison duties.
Article 3.
(a) The three Commanders-in-Chief, acting together as a body,
will constitute a supreme organ of control called the Control Council.
(b) The functions of the Control Council will be:
(i) to ensure appropriate uniformity of action by the Commanders-
in-Chief in their respective zones of occupation;
(ii) to initiate plans and reach agreed decisions on the chief military,
political, economic and other questions affecting Germany as a whole,
on the basis of instructions received by each Commander-in-Chiet
from his Government;
(iii) to control the German central administration, which will
operate under the direction of the Control Council and will be respon-
sible to it for ensuring compliance with its demands;
(iv). to direct the administration of "Greater Berlin" through ap-
propriate organs.
(c) The Control Council will meet at least once in ten days; and it
will meet at any time upon request of any one of its members. De-
cisions of the Control Council shall be unanimous. The chairmanship
of the Control Council will be held in rotation by each of its three
members.
(d) Each member of the Control Council will be assisted by a politi-
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