America at war! (1941–) – Part 4

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Soviet Proposal on French Zone of Occupation in Germany

February 7, 1945, noon

Regarding a Separate Zone of Occupation in Germany to Be Allotted to France

  1. It has been found desirable to allot to France a separate zone of occupation in Germany for occupation by French forces.

  2. It has been decided that the French occupational authorities shall exercise control in their zone of occupation under the general guidance of the Control Council.

Soviet Proposal on Reparations from Germany

February 7, 1945, noon

Basic Principles of Exaction of Reparations from Germany

  1. Reparations are to be received in the first instance by those countries which have borne the main burden of the war and have organized victory over the enemy.

All other countries are to receive reparations in the second place.

  1. Setting aside for the moment the use of German labour by way of reparations, this question to be considered at a later date, reparations in kind are to be exacted from Germany in the two following forms:

a) removals in a single payment at the end of the war from the national wealth of Germany located on the territory of Germany herself as well as outside her territory (equipment, machine-tools, ships, rolling stock, German investments abroad, shares of industrial, transport, shipping and other enterprises remaining in Germany, etc.) these removals to be carried out for the purpose of military and economic disarmament of Germany.

These removals are to be completed within two years of the end of the war.

b) Annual deliveries of commodities during 10 years after the end of the war.

  1. The total sum of the German reparations in the form of removals from her national wealth as well as in the form of annual deliveries of commodities after the end of the war is fixed at 20 billion dollars.

This amount shall be distributed as follows:
a) USSR – 10 billion dollars,
b) United Kingdom and USA – 8 billion dollars,
c) All other countries – 2 billion dollars.

Soviet Proposal on the Establishment of an Allied Reparation Commission

February 7, 1945, noon

Regarding the Organization of an Allied Reparation Committee

The Allied Reparation Committee shall be set up on the following basis:

  1. The Committee shall consist of three representatives one from USSR, the United Kingdom and USA. Each representative shall be entitled to call in to assist in the work of the Committee any number of experts.

  2. The function of the Committee shall be to work out a detailed plan for exaction of reparations from Germany according to the principles adopted at the Crimean Conference of the Three Powers.

  3. The Governments of USSR, USA and the United Kingdom shall determine the moment when the representatives of other Allied Powers will be invited to participate in the Allied Committee as well as define the forms of participation of these Powers in the Committee.

  4. The activities of the Committee shall proceed in strict secrecy.

  5. The Allied Reparation Committee shall be established in Moscow.