Memorandum from Joseph C. Grew to President Harry S. Truman

ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON, D. c. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON June 18, 1945 GEORET MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT This memorandum relates to the economic issues which may appropriately be discussed at the coming three-power meeting. Outlined below is a list of economic questions on which memorande are being prepared for the forthcoming meeting. You may wish to raise some of these questions, while others on this list may be raised by the United Kingdom or the USSR. In view of the importance of these questions, it is sug- gested that at least three representatives of the economic side of the State Department be included in the American delegation. S. Thomas MATTERS FOR THREE-POWER DISCUSSIONS ARCHIVESANO A. Germany is SERVICE" 1. Treatment of Germany as an economic unit t: It is urgently necessary that uniform policies be adopted in all zones with respect to ration scales, industrial and agricul- tural questions, foreign trade, and currency; and that bar- riers to the interzonal movement of goods be prevented from arising. 2. German exports prior to the reparation settlement: An agreement should be obtained governing the export of Ger- man goods and equipment, which are urgently needed for relief and rehabilitation, in the period before the conclusion of a formal agreement on reparations. 3. Territorial partitions or cessions: We should be prepared to deal with these questions in case they are raised by another government. 4. Permanent economic and industrial restrictions: Although we should avoid, at this time, any commitment on FOP VICTORY measures BUY DECLASSIFIED UNITED STATES E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) SAVINGS BONDS AND Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 STAMPS Date 6.29.26