The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-02

most effective distribution OF al
available material and transperta
ton to the places where they cal
best be used in the combined wal
effort-American, British, and Rus
sian.
Details of all these plans ans
ARRANGEMENTS are military secrets
but they will hasten the day of the
i final collapse of Germany. Thu
Nazis are learning about some O.
them already, to their sorrow. They
will learn more about them to
morrow and the next day-ane
every day:
There will be no respite for them
We will not desist for one moment
until unconditional surrender.
The German people, as well as
the German soldiers must realize
that the sooner they give up and
surrender, by groups or as lndl-
viduals, the sooner their present
agony will be over. They must
realize that only with complete sur
render can they begin to reestab-
ilish themselves as people whom
the world might accept as decent
neighbors.
We made it clear again at Yalta,
and now repeat-that unconditioA'
al, surrender does not mean the
destruction or enslavement OF the
German people. The Nazi leaders
have deliberately withheld thai
part of the Yalta declaration from
the German press and radio. They
seek to convince the people OF Ger
many that the Yalta declaration
does mean slavery and destruction
for them-for that is how the Mails
hope to save their own skins, ane
deceive their people into continued
useless resistance.
We did, however, make it clear
at this conference just what un
conditional surrender does NEAR
for Germany.
It means the temporary contro
Of Germany by Great Britain, Rus
STA, France, and the United States.
Each of these nations will occupy
and control separate zone Of
Germany-and the administration
of the four zones will be coordina.
ted in Berlin by a control council
composed of representatives Of the
four nations.
Unconditional surrender also
means the end of Nazism, and Of
the Nazi party-and all of its bar
barrie laws and institutions.
1t means the termination of all
militaristic influence in the pub
lie, private and cultural life Of
Germany.
1t means for the Nazi war Grim.
inals a punishment that is speedy
and just-and severe
It means the complete disarma'
ment of Germany; the destruction
of its nlilitarism and its military
equipment; the end of its produc'
ton of armament; the dispersal o.
all of it's armed forces; the per
manent dismemberment Of the
German General Staff which ha!
so often shattered the peace of the
world
1t means that Germany will have
to make reparations in kind for the
damage which it has done to thu
innocent victims of its aggression
BY compelling reparations IL
kind-in plants, and machinery ant
rolling stock and raw materials
we shall avoid the mistake mad
after the last war of demandin.
Preparations in the form of none.
which Germany could never pay.
We do not want the German PEG
pie to starve, or to become bur
den on the rest of the world.
Our objective in handling Ger
many is simple-it is to secure tn
peace of the future world. To
much experience has shown tina
that objective is impossible if Ger
many is allowed to retain an,
ability to wage aggressive war.
That objective will not harm tn
German people. On the contrary
it will protect them from repeti
ton of the fate which the Genera
Staff and Kaiserism imposed o.
them before, and which Hitlerisn
is now imposing upon them again
a hundredfold. 1t will be remov
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