Telegram from John G. Winant to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING OF i DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION EF-1204 London This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated May 25, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (SECRET) Rec'd 9:50 p.m. Secretary of State DECLASS.FIED Washington E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLTA- NARS Date 2.25.75 US URGENT 5277, May 25, midnight COMEA 269. In reply to the US offer of May 12 to Massigli regarding the French zone of occupation in Germany (reportEd in my 4783 May 13, 1 a.m. to DEPT; reptd Paris as 259), DE LEUSSE, in Massigli's absence to- night informed Mosely of the French counter proposal. The French reply, given orally, asks that following parts of the US zone be assignEd to French occupation: (onE) Wherkreis twelve (repeat twelve) : ( two ) all of State of BndEn; (threE) Kreis of Friedrichshafen in State of Wurttemberg; (four) Kreis of Lindau in State of Bavaria. Since DE LEUSSE did not know location of Wehrkreis twelve and had no map available, this count proposal was merely received for information. The French instruction stated that aside from = AND the proposed corridor to Vorarlberg the French au- thorities desired no (repent no) part of Wurttemberg or Hohenzollern