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German people and the American
occupation forces.
Similarly. the return of Gen
Eisenhower has afforded the Wal
and State Departments, as we'll as
the White House, an opportunity
for further check on critical Ger
man conditions already outlined
during the recent conferences here
of 1t. Gen. Lucius Clay, Gen. Eisen-
hower's deputy, and Ambassador
Robert Murphy. his chief political
adviser.
Gen. Eisenhower himself, in a re.
cent report from Berlin, stressed
the gravity of the situation, caution
ing that there may be open revolt
in Germany in the months immedi.
ately ahead.
In the light of this, here are the
top German problems which have
been-or soon will be-brought te
Mr.. Truman's attention:
1. The effective administration OF
Germany. For weeks, this has beer
hamstrung by French refusal tt
agree on most measures for inter-
zone activities until they are as
sured of Allied support for then
plan to put the industrially rich
Ruhr under an international contro
and the equally important Rhine.
land under longtime French oc.
cupation.
Ambassador Rene Couve de Muir.
vile opened negotiations with State
Department representatives thi'
week and made Frances first con.
crete proposal for stripping tht
Ruhr and Rhineland away from
Germany.
American officials do not expect {
quick decision as other conferences
must be held to get a full Alliee
policy decision. The French art
conducting simultaneous talks or
the subject with the British at Lon.
don and with the Russians at Mos.
COW.
Meanwhile, the urgently needed
creation of a central economic
agency for all of Germany is being
held up. So are the problems o1
German exports and imports pro-
vided for in the Potsdam policy
statement which governs Russian
British, French and American &C.
tiyities in Germany.
Food Held Deficient.
2. Food. The German people nov
are getting about $500 calories day
although experts in Germany re.
Gently sent word here that a mini.
mum of 1000 calories is needed. Tht
situation is linked to the failure Of
the Allied Control Council at Berlin
to create a central economic agene,
which could operate between Ger
many and the outside world anc
also among the separate occupation
zones.
8. The question of what to dt
about destroying German industry
This issue has reached critica
point. The Potsdam decision call.
for destroying or removing as rep.
arations all German war -making in.
dustries. Some plants fall clearl,
in this category, some clearly arr
In the category Of peaceful manu-.
facturers, but in-betwen is thu
great bulk of German industry. Par,
ticularly in the British and Ameri,
can zones the question is how tt
decide which plant is potentially {
war factory.
4. Civilian control. There Is al
increasing demand among insider,
for the president to speed the re,
placement of the military admins,
tration of Germany. This would no
mean the end of an army of occu
patton, but merely that the top of.
ficials would be civilians rather
than military.
Recent information from officia
sources in Germany is that the mill.
tary government is badly snarled ii
the red tape of military procedure,
and is completely lacking in an,
hexibility with which to meet day,
to-day emergencies.