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    "ocrText": "CONFIDENTIA\nOFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)\nWASHINGTON 25, D. C.\nC.I.A. LTR. 5.21.73 0.5.5.FG\nNLT-LL NARS Date. 627-75\n14 May 1945\nMy\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nI believe you will be interested in the following summary\nof the effects of Germany's manpower losses in World War II on\nthe size and composition of the future population of Germany,\nincluding for the purpose of this summary all territories within\nthe boundaries of the Reich on 17 May 1939. The summary is based\nupon an extensive study made by our research people.\nAn investigation of the effects of the decline in the German\nbirth rate during the first World War explains why the Nazis\nwent to great lengths to increase the birth rate in preparation\nfor World War II. For instance, the size and composition of the\nGerman population in 1939 were more seriously affected by the ex-\ntremely small number of births during the years 1915 through 1918,\nand the general downward trend of fertility in the 1920's and\nearly 1930's, than by all the deaths due to military action during\nWorld War I.\nnos\nGerman military deaths from 1939 through 1944 were almost\ntwice those suffered by Germany in World War I. Although the\nNazis were successful in maintaining a. high birth rate prior to\n1939, during the war years the birth rate declined from the level\nof 20.4 per thousand in 1939 to 13.67 by V-E Day. Furthermore,\nthe heavy military losses and the consequent decline in the\nCONFIDENTIAL"
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