The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01

the Yalta Agreement proVldlng for a token force of American troops in Berlin and the govern ing of Germany by an Allied Mission of British, American, Rus sian and, later French generals.
 Failure to set up this Allied Mission inside Berlin generally has been blamed on the Russians. However, this column is now able to throw important light on all the facts
 Though Stalin did object to
 American troops entering Der
 lin ahead of the Red Army
 Russian capture of Berlin was agreed on at Yalta), actually U.
 s. officials have been largely responsible for the delay in sending a subsequent tcken
 force into Berlin and setting up
 Allied headquarters to govern Germany.
 If you ask the War Department about this, you will get evasive, sawdust-in-the-eye answers. But actually three reasons have de- veloped for U. s. hesitatoin over entering Berlin. They are:
 1. If an Allied Commission IS set up in Berlin. it would be necessary to abolish SHEAF (Su- preme Headquarters, Allied Expe- ditionary Force) anud General Eisenhower would step down from being commander over the French and British. Instead, the French and British would be equal in command with Eisenhower in any four -cornered Allied Commission in Berlin. So would the Russians.
 2. With all four nations work ing in Berlin, it is feared that CO., operation with the Russians might be more difficult. At present, Russia governs it's part of East ern Germany, while the Western Allies govern their part of Vest ern Germany. There is strict line running between them and no inter-communication to speak Of This is not the plan originally arranged at Yalta. However, there has been so much friction during the closing days of the war, that U. s. commanders fig ure they may be better off remain ing where they are instead of go- ing into Berlin.
 BRITISH HELP IN
 FEEDING GERMANY
 3. The British don't want to change the present setup wherein they are part of SHEAF under General Eisenhower AS SHAEF now operates, the British are able to get a good part of their sup plies from the United States to handle their part of occupied Ger many. Ii SHAEF is disbanded, this supply arrangement stops.
 Under the Combined Ship ping Board, most of the sup plies for the British and Ameri- can armies are even hauled in American ships. And if this stops, the British have the hardest part of Germany on their hands to feed. For the British-occ British-occupied Ruhr and the industrial West are heavily popu- lated With little farmland, for merly importing food from East ern Germany and Prussia But with these eastern areas Russian occupied, the British know they can't get any food from them.
 So the British don't want
 SHEAF and the present U. $. supply arrangement disbanded.
 FINALLY, some U. s. officials fear that cooperation with the French might become difficult if SHAEF were abolished. At present the French have to take orders from Eisenhower. But once an Allied Commission was set up in Berlin, the French would be equal partners, and their ideas on the future governing of Germany might be just as ind!- pendent as the Russians.
 Obviously the present make
 shift situation cannot continue indefinitely. And there is a lot
 of debate inside the Govern
 ment on both sides. Some say
 we had better go ahead and
 try out international coopera-
 tion over Germany right away
 and do our best. Others say we
 had best avoid headaches by