Allied High Commission for Germany

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During October and November, 1950, press reports indicated that the Allied High Commission for Germany was primarily concerned with the implementation of the three-power agreement on Germany reached in New York on September 19, 1950. Although all of the proposals relating to the creation of mobile police formations and the integration of German forces into those of western Europe were stalled pending agreement between the members of the North Atlantic Council as to the nature and size of such German forces, reports indicated that consideration of various proposals to amend the occupation statute were going forward. While no details were revealed, the Chancellor of western Germany (Adenauer) indicated that one suggestion had been that the easing of allied industrial, economic and political controls would be conditioned upon the acceptance by the Bonn government of prewar German debts and a willingness to share strategic war materials. Other reports indicated that the amended occupation statute would terminate controls over German use of funds, food and other supplies, permit the lapsing of powers enforcing decartelization once existing orders had been carried through and adequate legislation enacted, and would abandon the review of all laws or directives while reserving emergency power to annul any believed inconsistent with previous policy.