Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Germany and Austria, Volume II

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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Germany and Austria, Volume II

Editors:

William Slany
Charles S. Sampson

United States Government Printing Office

Washington

1973

Preface
Introduction
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
List of Persons
I. The London Conference on Germany (Documents 1–251)
- A. Arrangements for the Conference; the revision of bizonal (U.S.–U.K.) economic organizations (Documents 1–46)
- B. The London Conference on Germany, First Part, February 23–March 6, 1948 (Documents 47–95)
- C. The Military Governors’ Conference at Berlin, March 20–April 12, 1948; arrangements for the resumption of the London Conference (Documents 96–124)
- D. The London Conference on Germany (resumed), April 20–June 1, 1948 (Documents 125–210)
- E. Approval by the governments of the recommendations of the London Conference (Documents 211–228)
- F. Exchanges with the governments of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe regarding Germany (Documents 229–251)
II. Implementation of the recommendations of the London Conference on Germany (Documents 252–416)
- A. Preparation of a constitution for West Germany; the Bonn Parliamentary Council (Documents 252–298)
- B. The London Conference on the Ruhr, November 11–December 24, 1948 (Documents 299–372)
  - 1. Preparations for the Conference (Documents 299–310)
  - 2. Proceedings of the Conference; Conference documents and supplementary papers (Documents 311–372)
- C. Preparation of a draft occupation statute; the work of the Tripartite Committee on the Occupation Statute; the activities of the Committee on Allied Controls (Documents 373–397)
- D. Establishment of the Military Security Board (Documents 398–402)
- E. Consideration of the question of prohibited and restricted industries (Document 403)
- F. Problems of trizonal fusion (Documents 404–411)
- G. Rectification of the western frontier of Germany (Documents 412–415)
- H. Protection of foreign investments in Germany (Document 416)
III. Other efforts to achieve economic rehabilitation and control in the western zones of occupation of Germany (Documents 417–515)
- A. Reparations and restitution policy; the problem of prohibitions and limitations on German industrial production (Documents 417–510)
- B. The disposition of German external assets (Documents 511–513)
- C. Western Germany and the European recovery program (Document 514)
- D. Extension of the U.S.–U.K. bizonal fusion agreement (Document 515)
IV. The Berlin Crisis (Documents 516–716)
- A. The breakdown of quadripartite control in Germany (Documents 517–547)
- B. The establishment of the Berlin blockade (Documents 548–591)
- C. The meetings of the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union in Moscow (Documents 592–633)
- D. The negotiations of the Military Governors in Berlin (Documents 634–669)
- E. The Berlin question at the United Nations (Documents 670–716)
V. Policies and problems in the United States zone of occupation of Germany (Document 717)
VI. Basic statements of policy regarding Germany (Documents 718–722)
VII. Department of State policy statement on Austria (Document 723)
VIII. The efforts of the United States to assure the maintenance of the independence and integrity of Austria (Documents 724–799)
- A. The interest of the United States in the question of the South Tyrol (Documents 724–728)
- B. The interest of the United States in the formation of a future Austrian army and the arming of the Austrian police and gendarmerie (Documents 729–747)
- C. The interest of the United States in the economic and political stability of Austria (Documents 748–769)
- D. The problems of quadripartite control of occupied Austria (Documents 770–799)
IX. United States participation in the negotiations for an Austrian treaty (Documents 800–857)
- A. The preparations for the resumption of meetings of the Deputies for Austria of the Council of Foreign Ministers (Documents 800–814)
- The meetings of the Deputies for Austria, February–May 1948 (Documents 815–848)
- C. The continued interest of the United States in an Austrian treaty; attempts to resume meetings of the Deputies for Austria (Documents 849–856)
- D. The unagreed articles of the draft Austrian treaty (Document 857)
Index