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ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON, D. c.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Byron Price's report on Germany
I read with interest the copy of Byron Price'
report dated November 9, 1945 which you enclosed with
your memorandum to me of November 21, 1945.
I also passed it along for study to other officers
of the Department and after careful consideration I
recommend that the report be made public. The report
constitutes a frank analysis of the problems and
difficulties confronting us in Germany and I think
that it is important for the American people to be
made aware in every way possible of the issues at
stake. The responsibility which Mr. Price places on
the French for the failure to establish central adminis-
trations for the conduct of activities for Germany
as a whole is not entirely accurate and the French
Government and public will doubtless react unfavorably.
As you may have noted, however, Mr. Price's views on
this subject have already been published in the press
and there would, therefore, be little point in with-
holding his opinions as set forth in the report.
I think Mr. Price has posed very clearly the
questions which must be decided with regard to Germany
in the near future and I feel that many of the recom-
mendations which he makes are useful and should be given
most careful study. I have instructed the appropriate
officers of the Department to communicate with officials
of the War Department about this report and to enter
into serious discussion with them with regard to the
specific recommendations with a view to determining
which recommendations should be implemented and under
what procedure this can most effectively be done.
Jose "NATIONAL Byone
ARCHIVES
RECORDE the
AND.
the
SERVICE"
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