Evening star., 1947-03-14
Marshall Circulating
; Papers on Germany
To Foreign Ministers
Decentralization, Plants
In U. S. Zone, Prisoners
Covered in Memoranda
By NewboId Noyes, Jr
stor Stoff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Mar. 14.-Secretary
of State Marshall planned to cir
culate among the Big Four For
eign Ministers today three papers
in regard to Germany.
The first will present the Ameri-
can view on characterization of the
former Reich, which the Council is
now discussing in connection with
denazification. The second paper
will discuss the progress in dis
Imantling of big war plants in the
American zone of occupation. The
third will provide information about
German prisoners of war in our con.
troll, of which there are now vir-
tually none.
In yesterdays Council session
President Truman's speech on aie
to Greece and Turkey was not men,
toned, even indirectly.
Gen. Marshall was responsible fol
the main accomplishment yesterday
He won acceptance in principle oil
a resolution which would turn over
to appropriate German authority
the job of drafting a uniform de-
nazification law for all Germany.
AS the Ministers continued tx
swap accusations about each other'l
shortcomings in Germany, British
Foreign Secretary Beyin provided
comedy relief by reducing the proc.
ess to satirical absurdity.
He listened carefully while Rus
sion Foreign Minister Molotov listee
five former Nazis named Dinkels
Bach, Hugenberg, zanken, Buchel
and Richter. These men. Mr.
Molotov said, still held high indus.
trial positions in the British con.
trolled Ruhr.
Bevens Names Five.
When it was Mr.. Bevin's turr
to- speak he said that "to show Allied
unity" he would mention only five
former Nazis in high positions ir
the Russian zone.
Mr.. Bevin's Nazis were called
Augustin, Hasse, Kuntz, Fischer anc
ShutZ.
Augustin, he said, designed Hit.
ler's Tiger tanks and now headed ar
industrial department under the
Russians. Hasse, a onetime SIS
leader, headed the fuel administra-
ton. Kuntz, now running a large
porcelain factory, had been deco.
rated as one of Fuehrer's knights
of the Cross. Fischer and Shutz
both party members, were respec.
lively in important government ano
industrial positions.
He had picked these names al
random, Mr.. Bevin said. The Brit.
ish delegation had been supplied
with list of 80 or 40 such names
he added-a list just like Mr.. Molo-
tov's. The names, said Mr.. Bevin
meant nothing to him.
He suggested that the best plar
was for the two delegations to SWAP
lists and each look into the matter
in its own zone.
Marshall Makes Proposal.
Gen. Marshall made his propose
that the Germans be directed tt
enact a unified denazification Law
on the ground that present lack o.
unity caused distrust and suspicion
among the Allies.
Denazification is a legal process!
through which the attempt is made
to divide sheep from goats in the
ranks of former Hitler Party mem.
bers. Gen. Marshall said the United
States opposes its use as a politica
instrument to favor any politica
party.
I'm the American zone active Nazi.
are prohibited from joining politica
parties" he said. But we have beer
disturbed by frequent reports thai
in the Soviet zone former active
Nazis may be cleared by the process.
of joining the Socialist Unity Party.
The Socialist Unity Party is spon.
sored by Russia. Mr.. Molotov latel
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