Evening star., 1945-07-10
Three Powers
Solve Problem
OF Berlin Food
All Allied Occupation
Zones to Contribute
To CopitoI's Supply
BY the Associated Press.

BERLIN. July 10.-The three
Allied powers have amicably
solved the problem of feeding the
nearly 100000 German ci-
villains in Berlin, it was an
nounced tonight.
An official statement said Soviet
Marshal Georgi X. zhukov, Amer
ican 1t. Gen. Lucius D. Clay and
British 1t. Gen. Sir Ronald Weeks
had decided that Berlins food
would be supplied by contributions
from all the Allied occupation zones
in Germany"
Big Three Arrival Near.
Gen. Clay and Gen. Weeks are
deputies of Gen. Eisenhower and
Field Marshal Montgomery on the
Interallied Control Commission for
Germany.
The return of Gen. Clay and Gen.
Weeks from Western Germany in
dicated the Importance attached by
the Allies to getting the joint gov
ernment in Berlin functioning be-
fore the arrival of the Big Three
in the German capital, probably
before Saturday.
Gen. Clay, Gen. Weeks and Mar
shal Zhukov also took steps to solve
the coal problem of the city along
the same lines as that of the food
problem. Together these problems
had served as stumbling blocks to
the sharing of the city government
by the Americans, British and Rus
slams.
Meeting Set Tomorrow.
The three high officers also ar
ranged for French representative
to participate tomorrow In the first
meeting of Berlin's "interallied kom-
mandatura."
Presumably American and British
transport systems will bring con-
siderable stocks Of both food and
fuel into the American and British
sectors of Berlin from the occupa-
ton zones in Western Germany.
The British-American demand
had been for all of Berlin to be sup
piled from its Soviet-held Hinter-
land. There are 1,650,000 Germans
in the American and British zones
in Berlin
Begin Control Soon.
American military government
detachments, waiting In six bor-
oughs since July for the Russian
commanders to leave, were expected
to start exercising control within
"a hours.
British detachments were alerted
to be ready to 60 into their six bor-
ougts tomorrow.
The Russians win retain II Berlin
boroughs under the inter- Allied
agreement reached last fall and
which now Is being put into effect.
The fact that this and subsequent
agreements never presented a de-
tailed solution of the food problem
was responsible for a deadlock after
the Anglo-American forces entered
Berlin last week.
The Americans have 100000 Ger
mans in their sector, while the
oiltLoIl AldVc SuU,UOU. Lie rtuSSldu
sector is believed to have 100000.
Garrison of $4,000 Men.
The Americans and British intend
to garrison Berlin with about $4,000
troops. The Russian force is esti-
mated at approximately the same
size.
The Russians have been extreme
ly careful in carrying out an agree
ment to allow the Americans and
British free transit on the highway
from Berlin to the west, via Madge-
burg, use of two operational airports
in Berlin, and the opportunity to
reconstruct railway line to the
west.
From the transportation stand
point, the Americans and British
were believed able to meet the food
problem here in a matter of days
safely before the small reserves still
in their sectors would be exhausted.