Evening star., 1945-08-03

ropean Advisory Commission be dis
solved.
HI-Germany.
t The Allied armies are in occupa.
l., ton of the whole of Germany ans
a the German people have begun tt
= atone for the terrible crimes com.
t mitted under the leadership Of
those whom in the hour of theil
f success. they openly approved ano
blindly obeyed.
!, Agreement has been reached a,
this conference on the political anc
, economic principles of a co-ordin.
: ated Allied policy toward defeated
Germany during the period of Al
) lied control.
The purpose of this agreement is
to carry out the Crimea Declara-
ton on Germany. German mill
tarism and NaZiism will be extir-
|; pated and the Allies will take in
agreement together, now and in the
future, the other measures neces-
/, sary to assure that Germany never
again will threaten her neighbors
or the peace Of the world.
1t Is not the intention of the AL
lies to destroy or enslave the Ger
man people. 1t is the intention of
the Allies that the German people
be given the opportunity to prepare
for the eventual reconstruction of
their life on democratic and peace
full basis. If their own efforts are
steadily directed to this end, it will
be possible for them in due course
to take their place among the free
and peaceful peoples of the world.
The text of the agreement is as
follows:
The Political and Economic Princi-
pies to Govern the Treatment of
Germany in the Initial Control
Period.
A. Political Principles.
l. In accordance with the agree
ment on control machinery in Ger
many, supreme authority in Ger
many is exercised on instructions
from their respective governments,
by the commanders in chief of the
armed forces of the United States
of America, the United Kingdom,
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics and the French Republic,
each in his own zone of occupation,
and also jointly, in matters affect
ing Germany as whole, in their
| capacity as members of the Con-
troll Council.
2. So far as is practicable, there
shall be uniformity of treatment of
the German population throughout
Germany.
3. The purposes of the occupation
of Germany by which the Control
Council shall be guided are:
ID The complete disarmament and
demilitarization of Germany and the
elimination or control of all German
industry that could be used for mil
itary production. To these ends:
(a) All German land, naval and
air forces, the S. S., S. A., S. D. and
Gestapo, with all their organizations,
STATS and institutions, including the
general staff, the officers corps, re-
serve corps, military schools, war
veterans organizations and all other
military and quasi-military organi-
zation, together with all clubs and
associations which serve to keep
alive the military tradition in Ger
many, shall be completely and finally
abolished in such mapnets ak per-
manently to prevent thes&evfkH or
reorganization of German mflitaf-
ism and Naziism. -
(b) All arms, ammunition and
implements of war and all special
lied facilities for their produc-
ton shall be held at the disposal
Of the Allies or destroyed The
maintenance and produutton oEs all
airsrat and all arms. 2ARn ION
AM bplements of war sff be
.pfeyShted. ~
(iir To convince the German peo-
pie that they have suffered a total
military defeat and that they cam
not escape responsibility for what
they have brought upon themselves,
since their own ruthless warfare
and the fanatical Maxi resistance
have destroyed German economy
and made chaos and suffering inev-
liable.
iiD To destroy the National So
cialist party and ist affiliated and
supervised organizations, to dis
solve all Nazi institutions, to insure
that they are not revived in any
form, and to prevent all Nazi and
militarist activity or propaganda
iv) To prepare for the eventual
reconstruction of German political
life on a democratic basis and for
eventual peaceful cooperation in
international life by Germany.
a. All Nazi laws which provided
the basis of the Hitler regime or
established discrimination on
grounds of race, creed or political
opinion shall be abolished. No such
determinations whether legal, ad-
ministrative or otherwise, shall be
tolerated.
S. War criminals and those who
have participated in planning or
carrying out Nazi enterprises in
volving or resulting in atrocities or
war crimes shall be arrested and
brought to judgment. Nazi leaders,
influential Nazi supporters and high
officials of Nazi organizations and
institutions and any other persons
dangerous to the occupation or its
objectives shall be arrested and in
termed.
6. All members of the Nazi party
who have been more than nominal
participants in its activities and all
other persons hostile to Allied pur-
poses shall be removed from public
and semipublic Office, and from po-
sitions of responsibility in important
private undertakings. Such per-
sons shall be replaced by persons
who, by their political and moral
qualities, are deemed capable of
assisting in developing genuine
democratic institutions in Germany.
7. German education shall be so
controlled as completely to elimi-
nate Nazi and militarist doctrines
and to make possible the successful
development of democratic ideas.