Word: bizonia
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...unity." Last week the German "People's Council" (a Communist front) trumpeted that the London plan was "far worse than the Treaty of Versailles." The Reds offered an eight-point counterproposal. The gist: Germany must be one nation, indivisible; an all-German provisional government must be formed immediately; Bizonia and all plans for a Western state must be liquidated; Germany must have a voice in future peace negotiations...
...welcome mat for U.S. businessmen was put out by Bizonia last week. The Joint Export-Import Agency, which directs foreign trade for the U.S.-British occupation economy, upped the period foreign businessmen are allowed to stay from 15 to 30 days during any six-month period. It also promised them comfortable hotels, good food, taxis, and help in bartering with the Germans. The businessmen can send in food and raw materials in return for finished or semi-manufactured goods...
There were other stirrings in Bizonia. In Ruesselsheim, General Motors' Opel factory shipped 24 Opel Olympia two-door sedans to Belgium, Opel's first automobile exports since war's end. Young Henry Ford II visited his Cologne plant and promised to expand it into the biggest automobile factory in Europe...
...Ruhr for what it was-the key to Europe's recovery, the key to control of Europe. First the British alone occupied it, although they did not have the resources needed to get it going again. Then it was brought into the joint U.S.-British economic administration called Bizonia. The French refused to enter any arrangements for the rehabilitation of the Ruhr, because they wanted assurance that the area would be separated from Germany and placed under international political control. Britain and the U.S. knew that this would not work...
...authorities of the western zones. He ridiculed Allied imports as "chicken feed," accused the British of "pilfering," and urged sitdown strikes. Last week, Dr. Johannes Semmler got his comeuppance from the U.S. and British occupation commanders. He was summarily dismissed from his post as executive director of economics for Bizonia...