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which included "shares of industrial, transport and
other enterprises remaining in Germany as one of
the sources of reparations. 1 The Soviet proposal
did not specify the total value of these shares nor
did it give any indication as to their allocation
among reparations recipients. The Reparations
Commission did not discuss the Soviet proposal and
no agreements were reached on the Soviet proposal.
Potsdam
At Potsdam the Soviets again proposed that one
of the major categories of reparations be shares of
German enterprises. They proposed $1.9 to $2.3
billions in shares of German enterprises (railways,
ports, canals, etc. ) , foreign currency, precious
metals". 2 The Soviet claim in this instance specified
shares of transport enterprises only; earlier Soviet
proposals had included shares of industrial and
other enterprises as well.
In the course of negotiations, the Soviets
modified this proposal. Instead of demanding a
fixed value of shares to German enterprises, they
proposed that they receive 30 percent of all shares
of German enterprises, regardless of where they were
located in Germany. This paralleled their demands
for 30 percent of German external assets and 30
percent of German gold. 3
lacr Report, Appendix X.
2
Soviet (Potsdam) Delegation, "Plan of Reparations
from Germany" July 24, 1945. (Collado Papers, No. 11.)
3HG (Potsdam), July 31, 1945, 4:00 p.m., p. 7.
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