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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. AGREED MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING EXERCISE OF POWERS AND RESPONSIBILI- TIES OF US-UK-FRENCH GOVERNMENTS FOLLOWING ESTABLISHMENT OF GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC Rights of U. , .- u. K. -French Ivern 1. The Governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and ments. France retain the supreme authority assumed by them under the 60 Stat. 140. Declaration signed at Berlin on June 5, 1945, including the right to revoke or alter any legislative or administrative decisions in the three western zones of Germany. Action by Gernz T Gema a oi T . gvertLingbth 2. The German governing authorities, whether Federal or Land, shall be at liberty to take administrative and legislative action, and such action will have validity if not vetoed by the Allied Authority. This means that military government will disappear, and that the function of the Allies shall be mainly supervisory. Aiteds reserved for 3. There will be certain limited fields in which the Allies will reserve the right to take direct action themselves, including the is- suance of orders to German officials at both the Federal and local levels. However, these fields will be restricted to a minimum; and aside from security matters, the exercise of direct powers by the Allies should be regarded as temporary and self-liquidating in nature. eupesion of unds, 4. Upon the coming into being of the German Federal Republic, the responsibility for supervision of the utilization of funds made available by the Government of the United States to the German economy for purposes of relief as well as of recovery shall rest with the Economic Cooperation Administration. It is understood that the German Federal Republic should become a party to the Convention for the European Economic Cooperation [1] and execute a bilateral agreement with the Government of the United States. Such contributions as the Government of the United Kingdom agrees to make shall be through the intra-European payments agreement.[' Functtionof AUled 5. With the establishment of the German Federal Republic and the termination of military government, the functions of the Allied authorities shall be divided, military functions being exercised by a Commander-in-Chief, and all other functions by a High Commissioner. Each of the Allied establishments in Germany, aside from occupation forces, shall come under the direction of the High Commissioner. Allied Hog Com- The three High Commissioners together will constitute the Allied PD, p. 28I. High Commission. 6. It is the aim of the three governments to restrict to a minimum the size of the staffs maintained within Germany for the above pur- poses. Department of State publication 3145. Mise. No. 8 (1948), Cmd. 7546. 2818

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