Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman

DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON April 8, 1949 SEGRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT : ARCMIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS AND JUNE Subject: Negotiations on Germany With reference to the daily reports I have made to you regarding our conversations with Mr. Bevin and Mr. Schuman on the subject of Germany, I take pleasure in attaching copies of the Agreements which were signed today. Among these, the agreed Memorandum regarding the principles governing the exercise of powers and responsibilities of the United States, United Kingdom and France following the establishment of the German Federal Republic is not intended for publication. The Occu- pation Statute defines the powers to be retained by the occupation authorities and will be communicated through the Military Governors to the German authorities who are now in process of framing a provisional constitution for Western Germany. We also agreed on a system of Tri- partite Controls which we hope will provide a satisfactory basis for mutual cooperation of the three Powers in occupation of the Western Zones of Germany. The establishment of the Western German Government, which will probably be called the German Federal Republic, will mark a change in DECLASSIFIED Allied E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (B) Dept. of St te 1 tt's, 3-15-37 By NLT- HC NARS Date 9-9-26 Stune