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tion of the Rhineland. In this connection General de Gaulle stated
on July 10, 1944 that "the flag of the French Army will have to fly
over certain areas for a long occupation". On November 21 M.
Bidault referred to the Rhine as "this French river", and General de
Gaulle is known to desire that France remain permanently on the
Rhine. Other examples can be cited to support the view that although
France does not today make a claim for German territory she will favor
an occupation of the Rhineland of such length that it might easily
become permanent.
There is no indication that the U.S. S. R. has made definite commit-
ments to support the French with regard to the western boundary of
Germany, although Stalin is reported to have told de Gaulle that he
recognized that the Rhine was a natural frontier.
The British are not known to have made any definite commitments
to the French except that Churchill informed de Gaulle that he would
be willing to cede "a small part" of the British zone of occupation to
France and hoped that the United States would be willing to do the
same.
This Government may well wish, after the early period of occupa-
tion, to withdraw a considerable proportion of its troops from Ger-
many. It would be logical to assume that they would be replaced by
French forces and this replacement is likely to be facilitated if the
French are fully associated from the outset with plans for the occupa-
tion. In general, this would appear to be entirely in harmony with our
efforts to assist the French to gain in strength and influence in order
that they may be in a position to assume larger responsibilities in
connection with the maintenance of peace.
(3) Control Machinery for Germany
The reasons in favor of permitting the French to have an equal
part with the United States, Great Britain and the U. S. S. R. in the
control machinery for Germany are similar to those relating to the
question of a zone of occupation.
(4) Attitude toward Future German Economy
In a memorandum presented to the European Advisory Committee
on
January 8,² the French Provisional Government called for the deter-
2 Not printed.
mination of a general economic policy towards Germany which will
balance, for the better protection of Allied interests, the relation be-
tween economic activities maintained for purposes of reparation and
activities which must disappear for security reasons, without prejudg-
ing the economic status of certain parts of German territory which
may be subjected to a special regime.
The French Foreign Minister indicated a short time ago that the
Government did not wish to see Germany reduced to economic misery
because this would inevitably breed trouble. They did feel, however,
that all German war industries and near war industries should be
eliminated. General de Gaulle is known to favor an international
regime for the Ruhr, to control that important industrial area adminis-
tratively as well as economically.
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