Word: zonal
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...British bitten off more than they could occupationally chew? The answer, underlined by last week's formalization of the U.S.-British zonal economic merger, was yes. The British zone had been a liability for Britain and a road block to Western European reconstruction. Coal production had declined steadily from a January 1946 high of 5,045,058 tons. Lack of steel, timber and building materials had halted reconstruction. Food rations, cut in February, were still at starvation levels...
...were not advisable, for they would impair current production in the Soviet zone (from which Russia is taking $35 million worth each month). At the same time the Soviet zone needed steel from the western zones, which the U.S. and Britain would deliver only on one condition: lowering of zonal barriers to permit a flow of trade and genuinely coordinated four-power control throughout Germany...
...doubted the sincerity of Bevin's intention, but it left many questions unanswered. Who would eventually take over? Would ownership be on a Lander (state), a zonal or a national basis? What did socialization mean to hard-pressed
...faked in order to persuade Germans that SED is really not Soviet-controlled. But there could be no doubt that the Russians no longer relied on SED as an instrument of control. They were tightening their grip through other means, such as the top-secret creation of a German zonal police organization (reportedly including a new German secret police...
...would continue the party artificially as a stage decoration with weak leaders who would bow to the Russians. On the other hand, our participation may attract the rest of Germany's and the world's attention to the situation in the Russian zone. Germans voting in the zonal elections actually won't be electing councilmen as much as they will be registering their decision on overall Weltanschauung. . . . If they vote SED, they approve the Soviet system; if they vote CDU or LDP, they endorse Western democracy...