Evening star., 1945-05-16
Stern Military Rule for Reich
Will Last Long Time, Clay Says
In Outlining Occupation Plans
Eisenhower Deputy
Says Ability to Make
War Will Be Crushed
By the Associated Press.


SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Paris, May 16.-The
Allies do not recognize the
Doenitz regime as the constitu-
tional government of Germany
and are planning a long, strict
military occupation of the Reich,
it was made plain here today.
Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Gen.
Eisenhower deputy for the occupa-
ton of Germany, said the American
aims were to smash all vestiges of
Naziism and Germany's war-mak-
ing potential, and to see that all
war criminals are caught and pun
ished.
THE United States is going to
stay in Germany in all probability
for a long time" Gen. Clay said.
He explained carefully that Su-
preme Headquarters Allied EXpedi-
tionary Force still is operative and
that he was speaking for the United
States Group Council which will
take over after SHAEF finishes.
Will Turn Over War Criminals.
Gen. Cay was the main speaker
in one Of the Longest and most Ge-
tailed press conferences ever given
at SHAEF. Brig. Gen. Frank j. Nc
Sherry. chief of staff of the military
government section of SHAEF, and
Brig. Gen Robert A. Mcclure chief
of the publicity and psychological
warfare division of SHAEF, an
swered specific questions.
These high spots came out of the
half-hour meeting:
It will be Allied policy to turn
over to any Allied government any
one wanted by that government as
a war criminal.
German civilian machinery will
be established only en- a very low
civil service level to keep essential
functions going.
The exact boundaries Of various
national zones of occupation are
not yet defined, but the outline is
expected within few days.
Few Industries Affected.
The only industries being re-
established in Germany are those
essential for relief problems and
transport needed by the military.
The military government in Ger
many will be entirely through Army
channels, although a considerable
number of American expert civilians
will be employed.
The SHAEF organization will
continue until each national army
is settled in the final zones. .
War criminals not sentenced to
Jail will be given top priority as
iaborers to rebuild devastated Eu-
ropean countries.
The food situation in Germany
is going to be "a very tight squeeze
inside Germany this winter and
the Allies will not bring food into
Germany until actual starvation
conditions exist.
Displaced Persons Plan.
Replying to questions on displaced
persons, Gen. Clay said that under
the present policy plans were being
worked out to exchange all dis
placed persons. He added that dis
placed persons such as Poles who
might not want to go home would
stay where they were. He added
that it is possible that these zones
would come under Russian occu-
patton and that they would be alb
Sorbed anyway.
Gen. Eisenhower's deputy, in a
long discussion of the possible con-
f1icts in policy, in the zones of Ger
many occupied by the Americans,
Russians, British and French, said:
More important than just the
occupation of Germany is whether
the four nations can stand together
to punish Germany. If they can
not, what hope is there for the
United Nations We will have to
give and take and probably do lots
of things that the people of the
United States may not like
Gen. Clay said long-range plans
for the regeneration of the German
people were being formulated.
NaZlS VIII be Purged.
He conceded that some Nazis
we're in power under the military
government and explained that
their purging would be a long and
continuous process and would 60
on until completely finished"
In reply to assertions that many
on the war criminal list such as
Reichsmarshal Goering and others
were living in luxury, the general
said that on Gen. Eisenhower's
orders, these are now being gathered
into prison areas where they will
be much less comfortable. He said
(See CLAY, Page A-5D