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Proposal by the United States Delegation to the Council of Foreign Ministers37

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CFM(46) (NY)57 (Revised)38
New York, December 6, 1946.

Questions Relating to Germany

plans for discussion of german question and proposed agenda for next meeting

I.
Special Deputies shall be appointed by the Council of Foreign Ministers to consider German problems assigned to them by the Ministers.
II.
Procedure for considering the views of other States directly interested in a German settlement. The Special Deputies shall hear [Page 1465] the views of the Belgian, Czechoslovak, Danish, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Polish Governments and of such other Governments who may wish to present their views. These views shall be heard and considered by the Deputies prior to any tentative decisions by the Foreign Ministers. Such hearings shall be preliminary to such subsequent consultation with these States as may be determined by the Council of Foreign Ministers.
III.
The Allied Control Authority shall be asked to submit a report to the Council of Foreign Ministers at its next meeting on the following questions (a) the form and scope of a provisional German government and (b) the establishment of central agencies and other problems connected with the economic and political future of Germany under quadripartite government.
IV.
The treaty with Austria and related matters. (See separate proposal. Doc. CFM(46) (NY)58)39
V.
Limitation of European occupation forces. (See separate pro-proposal. Doc CFM(46) (NY) 59)40
VI.
The next meeting of the CFM shall be held at . . . . . on . . . . . The agenda for that shall include the following:
1.
Future boundaries of Germany including disposition of the Saar.
2.
Continued demilitarization of Germany—United States proposed Four Power Treaty and other measures necessary for the economic and military control of Germany.
3.
Establishment of central agencies and other problems connected with the economic and political future of Germany under quadripartite government.
4.
The form and scope of a provisional German government and character of the permanent German government to be developed.
5.
General outline of the peace treaty with Germany.
6.
The treaty with Austria and related matters. (See separate proposal.)
7.
Limitation of European occupation forces in so far as not settled at present meeting. (See separate proposal.)
8.
Other agreed items.
  1. The text of this proposal was subsequently printed in the Department of State Bulletin, December 15, 1946, p. 1082. The proposal was considered by the Council of Foreign Ministers at its 18th and 19th Meetings, December 7 and 9, 1946; see the United States Delegation Minutes of those meetings, pp. 1469 and 1481.↩
  2. This revised draft corrected minor errors in documentation citation in paragraphs IV and V of the original draft of the same date.↩
  3. Infra.↩
  4. Post, p. 1466.↩