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    "ocrText": "TOP SECREI\n- 168 -\nThe Reparations Commission also agreed on a\ntentative procedure for dividing reparations among\nthe smaller recipients. The following steps would\nbe taken: (1) The Reparations Commission was to\ninvite each of the United Nations to submit data\ndescribing the nature of its reparations claims. (2)\nThe Commission would then decide on a tentative list\nof countries to receive reparations and on a tentative\ndistribution of shares among them. (3) The Com-\nmission would negotiate with the governments entitled\nto reparations in an effort to gain their agreement to\nthe percentage share allotted to them. (4) If these\nnegotiations were successful, the Commission would\ninvite the nations to a special conference which\nwould proceed to draft a general reparations agree -\nment. 1\nThe Reparations Commission did not agree on a\ndetailed plan for carrying out the actual distribution\nof reparations among Allied nations. The United\nStates Delegation, however, prepared a staff memorandum\nwhich contained such a plan. 2 After the percentage\nformula had been worked out by the Reparations\nCommission and a diplomatic meeting of all interested\nnations had been held, an inter-Allied agency would\nbe created which would perform a number of policy\nand adjudicative functions. It would determine\npriorities, apportion transfers by zones, study\nthe effects of removals on the German economy,\napprove or issue vesting orders on German foreign\nand domestic assets, and adjudicate claims, conflicts,\nand appeals under the reparations agreement. Under\nthis American staff proposal, administrative functions,\nas distinct from policy and adjudicative functions,\nwere to be performed by the zone commanders, acting\nin\n1ACR, \"Procedure for Settling the Provision of\nReparations between Countries other than the U.K.,\nU.S.A., and U.S.S.R. (Collado Papers, No. 2, p. 12.)\n2ACR Report, Appendix 20.\nTOP SECRET"
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