d. To demonstrate to the Germans the foolhardiness of harboring or
assisting Nazi guerrillas.
 
 
e. To counteract Nazi propaganda and reduce resistance by showing how
Allied Military government functions.
 
 
f. To hold forth to the Germans that Allied occupation will bring an
end to the spying, ruthless vengeances and other excesses of the
Gestapo, the S. S., and other Nazi agents and bring about a release
from regimentation and political persecutions.
 
 
g. To make clear that the responsibility for German suffering rests
squarely on the Nazi government and not on the Allies.
 
 
The tone of all Allied output should reflect the feeling that the
degree of cooperation given Allied authorities by the Germans is a
matter of complete indifference to us; that we have our ways of dealing
with non-cooperation and, if any Germans prefer this course, it will be
they and not the Allies who will suffer.  We should make clear that we
intend to establish firm and orderly administration in each area but
the well-being of each community will depend largely on the Germans'
own behavior.
 
 
Some reassurance to the average German is undoubtedly in order.
However, this should not go beyond the following: we are completely
determined to eliminate the Gestapo, the SS, the Nazi Party and German
militarists.  We are determined to punish severely all those guilty of
war crimes.  At the same time, the average German and his family will
have opportunity to live and work peacefully and without molestation if
they abide by allied regulations, if they have committed no crimes and
if they demonstrate willingness to work their way back into the family
of nations.
 
 
Allied output should make clear that it is the Nazi leaders who are
responsible for whatever chaos exits in Germany.  It should seek to
establish in the German mind the concept that any guerrilla activity is
a conflict between lawabiding Germans and Nazi outlaws rather than
between Germans and the Allies.
 
 
Emphasis should be put on the premise that every day the Nazi leaders
are able to prolong the war will merely result in further destruction
of German industrial and all other facilities and thus increase the
suffering of the German people