Evening star., 1948-06-07

safeguarding foreign interests In
order that there may be subse-
quently established as soon as pos
sible an intergovernmental group t.
review the question and make rec
concentrations to their govern
ments.
Opportunity for Germans.
III. Evolution of political and eco
nomic organization Of Germany.
(a) Further consideration has been
given by all delegates to the prob
lem of the evolution of the political
and economic organization Of Ger
many. They recognize, taking into
account the present situation, that
it is necessary to give the German
people the opportunity to achieve
on the basis of free and demo-
cratic form Of government the even
tual re-establishment Of German
unity at present disrupted. In these
circumstances they have reached the
conclusion that 1t would be desirable
that the German people In the diff
ferent states should now be free to
establish for themselves the political
organization and institutions which
will enable them to assume those
governmental responsibilities which
are compatible with the minimum
requirements of occupation and con-
troll and which ultimately will en-
able them to assume full govern
mental responsibility. The delegates
consider that the people in the states
will wish to establish constitution
with provisions which will allow all
the German states to subscribe as
soon as circumstances permit.
Therefore the delegates have
agreed to recommend to their gov
ernments that the military gov
ernors should hold a joint meeting
with the ministers-president of the
western zone in Germany. At this
meeting the ministers president will
be authorized to convene 4 constitu-
ent assembly in order to prepare a
constitution for the approval of the
participating states.
Delegates to this constituent as
sembly will be- chosen in, Zach Of
the states in accordance with pro-
cedure and regulations to be de-
termined by the legislative bodies
ef the individual states.
End to Present Division.
The constitution should be such
as to enable the Germans to play
their part in bringing to an end the
present division of Germany, not
by the reconstruction Of . central
lied Reich but by means Of q federal
form Of government which ade-
quately protects the rights Of the
respective states, and which, at the
same time, provides for adequate
central authority and which guar
antees the rights and freedoms Of
the individual.
. If the constitution as prepared
by the constituent assembly does not
conflict with these general principles
the military governors will authorize
its submission for ratification by
the people in the respective states.
At the meeting with the military
governors the ministers-president
will also be authorized to examine
the boundaries Of the several states
in order to determine what modifi-
cations might be proposed to the
military governors for the purpose
of creating q definitive system which
is satisfactory to the peoples con-
cerned.
Co Further discussions have taken
place between the United States,
United Kingdom and French dele.
cations on measures for co-ordinat-
ing economic policies and practices
in the combined zone and the
zone. Agreed recommends
tions have been reached on the
joint conduct and control Of the
trade of the whole area.
1t has been recognized that q COM
plete economic merger Of the two
areas cannot effectively take place
until further progress has been made
in establishing the necessary Ger