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...countered that Germany would have to know the kind of peace she would be up against before she could develop such a government. He suggested, in effect, that the economic reconstruction and the centralized government called for in Molotov's plan be started immediately by 1) lifting of zonal boundaries, 2) establishment of a central administration to which even the French had now agreed. But Molotov, despite his grand promises, refused. His stand forced Byrnes and Bevin to announce that the U.S. and British zones would merge. This should complete Germany's long-emerging division into an Eastern...
Some Germans wondered why Molotov would not let them have an advance on the wonderful future he had promised. Said one Berlin office worker: "If Molotov is really interested in Germany, I don't understand his refusal to drop zonal frontiers." But most of the press on the right (German) bank of the Rhine completely ignored this purposeful Molotov paradox and played up Russia as Germany's best friend. Typical sample: the Liberal Democratic Party's Der Morgen headlined: "What Molotov demands for Germany" as contrasted with what the Western powers "demand from Germany." Said a German...
...Polish major, nine medals (not ribbons, medals) on his chest. His name was Vinokurov-a distinctly Russian name, but he agreed to speak Russian to me only when it became clear that conversation in Polish was quite impossible. The Major was scrupulously polite. I showed him my passport, Russian zonal permit, car registration, driver's license, etc. All were in order, but the Major went on to other questions: How was it that I spoke Russian so well? What did I think of the new Polish frontiers? I talked for an hour, then the Major...
...Vergeltung. Russia's reasons for refusal seemed connected with reports that behind their zonal curtain the Russians were guilty of using German manpower on war projects-the same offense they had imputed to the British...
...Bayerische Motoren Werke in Eisenach, 50% destroyed by air bombardment, was turning out eight passenger cars a day against a prewar total of 45. August production goal is 250 cars: 200 for Russian reparations, 50 for Soviet and German zonal administration...