a very valuable bit of ore in the Longwy Briey area.
To give her a substantial territory of German-speaking
and German-bred people would create another problem in
the balance of Europe. To counteract this, I would give
France a share in the benefits of the internationalization 
of the Saar and the Ruhr and the advantage which
this gives of what would in effect be an international
barrier between France and Germany.
 
 
 There are certain other methods of punishment
affecting the personal lives of individual Germans proposed 
by the Secretary of the Treasury to which I am
opposed as constituting irritations of no fundamental
value and, indeed, of considerable danger, but these
are primarily matters of administration which I think
need not be discussed at this time. In some part, at
least, they had best be determined by those who have the
primary responsibility for the administration of the
occupation.
 
 
 As a suggestion, I propose that during the interim
period, which is all that we can deal with at the
moment, the President be recommended to approve a program
generally in accord with the memorandum submitted by