Telegram from Jefferson Caffery to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 BINITHE NARS Date 7.25.75 DSH-999 Paris No paraphrase necessary, (SECRET ) Dated May 6, , 1945 Rec'd 7:20 p.m. Secretary of State Washington US URGENT NIACT 2410, May 6, 1 p.m. TOP BECKET Having in mind Jeanneney's (repeat Jeanneney's) urgent request that the French be consulted before the French occupation zone was fixed I told DE Gaulle this morning that the matter of the French occupation zone is to be discussed by the interested parties in the EAC and that as advance information was giving him informally our ideas on the subject. I had sketched for him a map showing the zone set out in the Department's 1869 of May 5 with the Exception of the Bezirk (repeat Bezirk) of Karlsruhe (repeat Karlsruhe) leaving that to Winant to offer also if necessary. GENERAL Eisenhower agreEs with me that Karlsruhe can be included in the French zone but only (repeat only) if ESSENTIAL to secure the success of the negotiations. The only the SERVICE"