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    "ocrText": "TOF SACRET\n- 12 =\nfor security purposes. He added that the repara- -\ntoons commission Vishould, of BOURSE, coordinate its\nwork with with the policy of the Control Machinery and\nshould establish liaison with it\"\nAt the February 9 meeting of the Foreign\nMinisters, Mr. Stettinius presented an American\ndraft próposal on reparations. The first two para-\ngraphs of the American proposal were identical with\nthe first two numbered paragraphs of the Soviet\nproposal. 2 The third paragraph, however, was quite\ndifferent in that it mentioned the figure of $20\nbillion only as something to be considered by the\nreparations commission:\n\"The total of German reparations in\nthe form of removal from her national wealth\nas well as in the form of annual deliveries\nof commodities after the end of the war shall\nbe the first subject of study by the Moscow\nCommission. In this study the Commission\nwill take into consideration the effect of\nwhatever common steps ought to be taken for\nthe elimination or reduction of output of\nvarious important German industries, from\nthe standpoint of the total decentralization\nof Germany The Commission should take into\nconsideration in its. initial studies the\nSoviet Government's suggested total of twenty\nbillion dollars for all forms of reparations. 113\nMr. Maisky pointed out that this paragraph should\nbe \"more fully clarified\". He repeated the Soviet\nproposal that the reparations commission \"accept the\ntotal of $20,000,000,000 'as a basis' for its studies\",\nindicating that the final figures arrived at by the\nCommission\nTIbid.\n2\nSee above, pp. 7-8.\n3FM (Yalta), Feb. 9, 1945, 12:00 noon, p. 10.\nTOP SECRET"
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