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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nDept. of State letter, Aug, 10, 1972\nBYNLT-NC NARS Date 9-14-75\nMay 30, 1945\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nSubject: Current Foreign Develonments\nEAC Considers US Proposal that Control Council Meet\nImmediately in Berlin. In the EAC meeting on May 29\nWinant presented n draft recommendation setting forth\nthe US proposal that the four Allied Commanders in Chief\nshall meet in Berlin not later than June 1 to sign and\nissue the declaration on the defeat of Germeny and the\nassumption of supreme authority respecting Germany and\nfurthermore that the four Allied representatives shall\nconstitute the Control Council in order to deal with\nmatters affecting Germany S.S. a whole and in order to\ncommence the establishment of control machinery as pro-\nvided by prior agreements. The UK and French delegates\nsupported this recommendation but felt that it might be\nimpossible for the Allied Commenders to convene in Berlin\nas soon n.s June 1. The Soviet delegate is troubled by\nthe question of determining the date on which the agree-\nments on zones of occupation and control machinery. are\nto become effective.\nIn order to clarify this point, Winant believes that\nthe Soviet delegate would accept the US proposal if it\nincluded specific provision that the agreement on control\nmachinery in Germany come into force upon the signature\nof the declaration of defeat of Germany. Our proposal\nshould likewise provide that the protocol of agreement on\nzones of occupation in Germany and the administration of\n\"greater\nTHEMEN\nARCHIVES? A"
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