The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-13

with headquarters in Berlin #
mas been agreed that France
Should be invited by the three
powers, if she should so des;re
to take over a zone of occ,Ina,
ton, and to paprtici2ate as =
fourth member of the Control
commission. The limits of the
french zone will be agreed by
the four governments concerned
through their representatives. on
the European Advisory Commits
sion.
1t is our inflexible purpose to
destroy German militarism and
Nazlsm and to ensure that Ger
many will never again be able
to disturb the peace of the world
We are determined to disarm and
disband all German armed forces:
break up for all time the German
General Staff that has repeatedly
contrived the resurgence of Ger
man 1nilitarism; remove or de-
stroy all German military equip
ment; eliminate or control all
German industry that could be
used for military production;
bring all war criminals to just
and swift punishment and exact
reparation in kind for the destruc-
ton wrought by the Germans;
wipe out the Nazi party, Nazi
laws, organizations and institu-
lions, remove all Nazi and mill
tarist influences from public Of
flee and from the cultural and
economic life of the German peo-
pie; and take in harmony such
other measures in Germany as
may be necessary to the future
peace an dsafety of the world It
is not our purpose to destroy the
people of Germany, but only when
Nazism and militarism have been
extirpated will there be hope for
a decent life for Germans, and a
place for them in the comfy of
nations.
PREPARATION BY GERMANY
We have considered the question
of the damage caused by Germany
to the Allied nations in this war
and recognized it as just that
Germany may be obliged to make
compensation for this damage in
kind to the greatest extent pos
sible. A commission for the COM
pensation of damage will be estab-
lished. The commission will be
instruction to consider the ques-
ton of the extent and methods
for compromising damage caused
by Germany to the Allied coun-
tries. The commission will work
in Moscow
UNITED NATIONS CONFER
ENCE
We are resolved upon the earli-
est possible establishment with
our Allies Of a general interna-
tional organization to maintain
peace and security. We believe
that this is essential, both to pre-
ent aggression and to remove the
political, economical and social
causes of war through the close
and continuing collaboration OF
all peace-loving peoples.
The foundations were laid at
Dumbarton Oaks. One the I'M
portant question of voting proce-
dure, however, agreement was
not there reached. The present
conference has been able to re-
solve this difficulty.
We have agreed that a confer
ence of United Nations should be
called to meet at San Francisco
in the United States on April Is,
1915, to prepare the charter OF
such an organization, along the
lines proposed in the informal
conversations at Dumbarton Oaks.
The government of China and
the provisional government OF
France will be Immediately con-
suited and invited to sponsor in
vitations to the conference joint
ly with the governments of the
United States, Great Britain and
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics. AS soon as the consulta-
ton with China and France has
been completed, the text OF the
proposals on voting procedure Will
be made public,
DECLARATION ON LIBERATED
EUROPE
The Premier of the Union OF
Soviet Socialist Republics, the
Prime Minister Of the United
Kingdom, and the President OF
the United States of America have
consulted with each other in the
common interests Of the peoples
of their countries and those OF
liberated Europe. They jointly
declare their mutual agreement
to concert during the temporary
period of instability in liberated
Europe the policies of their three
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