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J. 333305-M ON 0-State Galley 404 UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF White House for several weeks." Chief problem was American control of Bremen and Bremerhaven in the British area to enable ingress and egress to and from the American zone. Also the French wanted equal participation with the Big Three in the occupation of Germany and a memorandum went to the President on Thursday recommending 4 Ante, p. acceptance of the French proposals "subject to the approval of the military authorities." War Crimes. In asking for a report on the status of the War Crimes Commission, the President told Secretary Stettinius that "The charges should include an indictment for waging aggressive and unprovoked warfare, in violation of the Kellogg pact."15 The Secretary in his reply listed the Commission's recommendations regarding 5 Ante, p. Ante, p. courts for trying war criminals, and added that next Monday a meeting was scheduled in Judge Rosenman's office, "to come to some common understanding 7 and to submit a report to you.' 7 Points appear in the original. Other. Ambassador Winant in reviewing the first year's activities of the European Advisory Commission to be completed on January 14, called attention to the fact that "only one paper has been finally approved" and suggested ineffectiveness.8 8 This review by Winant has not been found; but see his letter to the President dated January 28, 1945, ante, p. - : 7-23 January 1945 UNITED NATIONS Preparation for the other conferences-the Big-Three Chiefs of State-occupied much of my thought during these weeks. After attending the annual meeting of the American Red Cross on the morning of the eighth, I saw Messrs. Dunn, Pasvolsky, Alger Hiss and Hayden Raynor in my office, regarding a noon meeting at the White House with the President.¹ (At a dinner that evening with Ambassador and Madame Gromyko, the Ambassador advised me he was being "recalled to Moscow for consultation.") Next morning I met with Messrs. Blanchard, Foote, Matthews, Alger Hiss, Bohlen, Conn, and Lynch to speed up preparations, and Colonel Ireland called me to talk about the project and to "get the information straight," as he said. I asked him if he had talked with Colonel McCarthy, as he knew more about it. Colonel Ireland said that he wanted to discuss my separate itinerary. In view of the secrecy of the under- taking, I called him back on my White House phone and told him that I had to get to the rendezvous before "number one" and discussed details, including the question of an aide. 1 Ante, p. On Wednesday the tenth I told the members of my Staff Committee to speed up preparation of memoranda for the President to take to the

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