Memorandum, Proposed Agreement on the Political and Economic Principles to Govern the Treatment of Germany in the Initial Control Period - Political Principles

Mr. Dunn PROPOSHD AGREEMEND CN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES TO GOVERN THE TREATMENT OF GERMANI IN THE INITIAL CONTROL PERIOD. Political Principles 1. In accordance with the Agreement on Control / Machinery in Germany, supreme authority in Germany is exercised, on instructions from their respective Govern- ments, by the Commanaers-in-Chief or the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingaom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the French Republic, each in his own zone of occupation, and also jointly, in matters affecting Germanj as a whole, in their capacity as members of the Control Council. 2. The purposes of the occupation of Germany by which the Control Council shall be guided are: (i) The complete disarmament and aemilitariza- tion of Germany and the elimination or control of all German industry that could be used for military production. To these ends:- (a) All German lanu, naval and air forces, the S.S., S.A., S.D. and Gestapo, with all their organizations staffs and institutions, incluaing the General Staff, 5 SERVICES the Officers' Corps, Reserve Corps, military schools, war veterans' organizations and all other military and quasi-military organizutions, together with ull clubs and associations which serve to keep alive the military tradition in Germany, shall be completely und finally ubolished in such manner as permunently to prevent the revival or reorganization of German militarism and Nazism; (b) All arms, ammunition and implements of war ana al specialized facilities for their production shall be nela at the disposal of the Allies or destroyed. The maintenance ana production of all aircraft ano all arins, ammunition ana implements of war shall be prevented; (ii) X1,5