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    "ocrText": "E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nDECLASSIFIED\nof State letter, Aug. 9, 1973\nDept. , NARS Date 4.22.75\nBy NLT-HC\nCONFIDENTIA\n-2- #6421, December 10, 8 p. M., from London\nand Bevin agreed that until Germany has attained a\nbalanced economy and paid the occupation costs, it\nshould not be called upon to make any reparation\ndeliveries from current production or stocks Molotov\nasked that this suggestion be considered when the\nMinisters discuss reparations. Marshall reaffirmed his\nopposition to the payment by Germany of reparations\nfrom current production. He said the US is not prepared\nto agree to any program of reparations from current\nproduction as a. price for the unification of Germany\nHe asked the Council to decide that from January 1948\nnothing shall be taken out of Germany except for fair\neconomic value in money or goods which can be immediately\nused to sustain the German economy. The CFM decision\nwould stand until further action by the Council or\npursuant to a peace treaty but would not apply to agreed\nreparation deliveries in capital goods. He asked\nMolotov to reply immediately but Molotov declined until\nthe Council considered the question of reparations.\nBevin said he could not agree to the payment of reparations\nfrom current Germen production taking priority over\nrepayment of money already spent by the occupying\npowers in Germany since the end of the war to keep\nGermans from starving.\nThe Council postponed further discussion of this question\nuntil German reparations are discussed,\nBevin, Marshall and Bidault accepted a proposal that the\nacquisition of any interest in an enterprise in Germany\nby any foreign power or its nationals after May 8, 1945,\nshall only be valid if approved by the Allied Control\nCouncil; Molotov proposed two amendments, both of\nwhich were rejected by Bevin, and no agreement was\nreached.\nDifferences also arose over a clause placing under\nGerman law\nCONF IDENTIAS\nis ARCHIVES S. SERVICETR RECORDS NATIONAL AND"
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