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Galley 201
UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
people wanted to organize their forces for new aggression. The
military effectiveness of Germany under the cumbersome Bismarckian
constitution might illustrate this observation. It remains to be
remarked that the traditional democratic groups in Germany have
generally favored a greater unification of the Reich
4. Steps in Political Reconstruction-While the character of devel-
opments in Germany cannot be foreseen, the Department of State
believes it desirable to formulate a tentative and general policy
toward the political reconstruction of Germany. It therefore recom-
mends that the process be begun, when military necessities permit,
by the establishment of democratic self-government in local communi-
ties rather than by the reconstitution of a national federal govern-
ment. Decision as to when local governments could be joined into
provincial units and when the provincial units could form a Reich
government would, under this plan, depend on the success with which
the Germans took the several steps in building sound institutions and
developing reliable political leaders.
The Department of State believes that, in this process of positive
reconstruction, external influence should be limited to the encourage-
ment of popular self-government and should not be exerted to deter-
mine the precise form of government to be established. At the same
time it is a dictate of security that the victor powers, and after them
the international organization, should reserve the right, and be pre-
pared to intervene in Germany to prevent the re-emergence of danger-
ous nationalistic activities and to hold Germany to the observance of
the obligations imposed by the peace settlement and by the post-war
security system.
III. Frontier Settlements
The Department of State believes that in establishing the post-war
boundaries of Europe it should be the policy of this Government to
seek a solution of each dispute based on the merits of the specific
problem and on the relation of that problem to the whole settlement.
The Department believes the chief criteria to be (1) the most reason-
able prospect of general acceptance and stability and (2) the maximum
contribution to the orderly development of general international
order.
A. Recommendations
In the light of such considerations, the Department of State submits
the following recommendations with respect to the frontiers of
Germany:
1. That the Danish-German frontier should remain unchanged.
2. That the water-boundary between the Netherlands and Germany
should be moved from the western shore of the Ems Estuary to the
main channel and that subsequent consideration be given to any
Netherlands claims on German territory as compensation for damage
to Netherlands soil.
3. That the Belgian-German frontier should be returned to the
1920-1940 line.
4. That Alsace-Lorraine should be returned to France.
5. That the present administrative boundaries be maintained as
the frontier between Austria and Germany.
This recommendation would restore the pre-1938 frontier except
for a small area in the Sonthofen district which was transferred to
Bavaria for administrative convenience and which should remain in
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