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V-2 ECRE' ticing the concepts of Western democracy. Clashes between US policy and that of the UK In seeking to create a peaceful and democratic and France are frequent, while the Germans Germany on the ruins of the Nazi Reich, the repeatedly display a strong tendency not to Western Allies are confronted with persistent cooperate either among themselves or with authoritarian forces within the country. Pro- the occupying powers. vided there is no war, it may in time be possi- In the western zones, where the democratic ble to accomplish this objective with ample principle allows for a wide divergence of views, moral and material assistance from the constructive efforts are subject to disagree- United States and an improvement in the ment among the Allies, potential resistance mutual relationship between Germany and by the German government, strikes and dem- her Western European neighbors whose ap- onstrations on the part of discontented Ger- proach to the problem has hitherto been con- man workers, and lack of a definite plan or ditioned by distrust of Germany based on bit- decision with regard to the ultimate place of ter experience in the past. Germany in the community of nations. Af- While every effort is being made by the ter considerable delay and difficulty, a consti- Western Allies to rehabilitate Germany with tution for a west German state was formu- a view to letting it take its place among other lated in line with the London decisions of European nations, the USSR has pursued a June 1948. Although not completely satisfac- policy of exploitation in its zone which has tory either to the Germans or to the Western turned the population against it. It is be- Allies and highly offensive to the USSR, the lieved, therefore, that the German people are new west German government organized in inclined to support the United States which September 1949 may be expected to achieve a has pursued a more constructive and benefi- greater degree of stability and progress than cial policy in their eyes. However, the possi- has hitherto been possible under the condi- bility of a change in this western orientation tions of the Occupation. Nevertheless, fric- of the German people and a future alignment tion between the new federal government and of a unified and independent Germany with the High Commission over differences of in- the USSR must not be disregarded as a possi- terpretation of the Occupation Statute and bility. Failure of the Federal Republic, dis- the Basic Law is inevitable and will cause Ger- illusionment with the Western Powers, and man dissatisfaction with occupation policies. hopes of greater advantages from the Soviet This will benefit Communist and nationalist Union may eventually cause such a switch in elements at the expense of political leaders German thinking. who favor cooperation with the Western In the present cold war for control of Ger- Powers. many, the USSR has the advantage of a more Given time, the US may succeed through thorough control of its occupation area. Po- the North Atlantic Treaty, the OEEC, and litically and economically the Germans in the other agencies in building up a degree of po- Soviet Zone have been forced into the Com- litical and economic stability in Western Eu- munist pattern to the point where transition rope which would make it increasingly im- to a satellite state has been a relatively simple politic for the USSR to contemplate using process. The security of this state remains military force to achieve its ultimate objec- contingent upon adequate Soviet military and tives. In such a program Germany holds po- police support. Under these conditions diver- tentially a key position, which it may ulti- sity of policy or expressed opinion in the So- mately realize in a developing system of Euro- viet Zone is not to be expected. German re- pean cooperation or union. There is danger, sistance will remain ineffective. The US, on however, that already existing anti-demo- the other hand, does not have sole control of cratic and nationalist tendencies will be western Germany, which it shares not only strengthened. As it is, the Germans feel no with the UK and France, but to a considerable particular responsibility for the second World extent with the Germans, who have been War, and their attitude toward the occupation given wide authority in many matters. is one of tolerance rather than of cooperation. SECRET

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