Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-11
U.S.Program for Occupying Reich
Bares Plan to Curb UNDERGROUND;
Eisenhower on 4-Power Council
Americas Purtin
Control Vested
In 12Agencies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A special intelligence section
to detect and "ruthlessly" sup
press any Nazi underground &C.
tivities will be part of the United
States Military Government in
the American occupation zone OF
Germany.
This was disclosed today in a War
Department announcement Of plans
for the United States group which
will form part of the Allied four
power control council for Germany.
The American unit will be divided
into IL major divisions, correspond
ing generally to the ministries of the
German central government.
Gen. Eisenhower will be the Unit
ed States representative on the
council as agreed on at the Yalta
Big Three meeting.
Gen, Clay Military Governor.
1t. Gen. Lucius Clay will serve as
deputy to Gen. Eisenhower and also
will be deputy military governor
for Germany" the department said,
without simplifying this latter refer
ence. Gen. Clay, a West Pointer,
was attached to the Office of War
Mobilization and Reconversion until
last month, when he was transferred
to supreme Allied headquarters.
The announcement said that
United States Army, Navy and Air
Forces had perfected over a period
of many months and in co-ordina-
ton with the British, Russians and
French a "co-ordinated program to
impose a stern military government
over all of Germany and to carry
out the policies agreed upon at
Yalta." 1t did not, however, off,
cially define the area Of American
occupation.
The creation Of the intelligence
section was a sample of this deci-
sion for stern control.
Sharing Of Responsibility.
Each of the IL divisions will share
responsibility in purging all public
agencies and industries of Nazis,
but the overall intelligence section,
"answerable directly to Gen. Clay,
will maintain general supervision
over the entire Identification pro-
gram" the War Department said.
Then 1t added:
This intelligence section will also
maintain surveillance over all Ger
man agencies and provide assurance
that activities by Nazi underground,
'Werewolves' and the like will be
ruthlessly suppressed"
Also directly under Gen. Clay will
be two other sections, Public Infor-
nation and Public Relations. The
former section, the War Department
said, will control all forms of pub
lie expression in Germany, includ-
ing newspapers, radio, mazagines
and other publications and motion
pictures" 1t likewise will deal with
the dissolution of the propaganda
ministry of the notorious Goebbels
and the establishment of an I'M
biased and truthful press and radio
system"
Ban on Publications.
owl Director Elmer Davis yester-
day announced that all foreign pub
locations, films and business enter
prises will be banned from Germany.
Public relations will be concerned
with issuing communicates, accredi-
tation of correspondents and press
censorship. Regarding the latter,
the department said:
Censorship in the American zone
will be solely on the basis of mill
tary security"
The rehabilitation of German
armed forces and disarmament will
be attended to by three military
divisions-Army, naval and air.
A reparations, deliveries and resti-
tuition division will supervise carry
ing out in the American zone
policies agreed on in the control
council dealing with activities "sug-
gested by its title" the War De-
partment said.
Great Tasks Ahead.
Tremendous tasks lie ahead Of
the economic division, which will
deal with such problems as food,
agriculture and forestry. fuel and
mining, price control and ration
ing" the War Department declared.
This division will see to 1t that
the Germans are forced to exert all
efforts to feed themselves, and also
to insure that the liberated United
Nations are given first consideration
on essential commodities.
An internal affairs and commune
cations division will include among
other duties supervision of public
safety and control of civil police
forces. This unit, the announcement
said, will concern itself with elimi-
nation of the dreaded secret police"
Other divisions will include:
Political-Dealing with foreign
affairs, domestic political matters,
protection of American interests in
Germany and reporting political in
telligence.
Transport-Regulation of traffic
movement, supervision of rail, high
way and inland water transporta-
ton and port and coastal opera
lions.
Prisoners of war and displaced
Millions of citizens of the
United Nations have been held
prisoner in Germany" and these
must all be cared for and repatri-
ated speedily.
Manpower-Charged with dis
solving the notorious Nazi labor
front and laying the groundwork for
the normal growth of democratic
labor organizations and practices"
Legal-Jurisdiction over prosecu-
ton of war criminals and the exer-
else of proper control over Allied
military courts, German ordinary
and military courts, and prisons"
associate Justice Jackson of the
Supreme Court was selected by
President Truman last week as this
country's chief prosecutor of those
whose offenses in Europe have been
SO widespread they have mo partic-
ular localization." The War Depart
ment announcement today made no
mention of Justice Jackson or his
relation to the legal division of the
military government setup.l