DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
WASHINGTON
 
 
November 30, 1944
 
 
                MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT                
 
Subject: 
Protocol and Amendments with regard to the Zones of Occupation in
Germany and the Occupation in Germany and the administration of Greater
Berlin.
 
 
There is attached hereto a photostatic copy of an agreement reached in
the European Advisory Committee for submission to the American, British
and Soviet Governments, with regard to the zones of occupation in
Germany, together with the minutes of the meeting of the Commission on
September 12, 1944 at which the agreement was signed.
 
 
There is likewise attached a photostatic copy of an agreement regarding
Amendments to the Protocol of September 12, 1944 just citied, together
with the minutes of the meeting of the Commission on November 14, 1944
at which the Agreement for Amendments to the Protocol was signed.
These amendments were made as a result of the decision reached at the
last Quebec Conference.
 
 
I should appreciate being informed whether this Protocol and amendments
thereto contained in the subsequent Agreement, which represent the
result of careful consideration and close consultation with the U.S.
Joint Chiefs of Staff and War and Navy Departments, are agreeable to
you in order that Ambassador Winant may be informed as soon as possible
of the United States Government's approval of the Protocol as amended.
Copies of the Protocol and the Agreement for its amendment are also
being submitted to the Secretary of War and to the Secretary of the
Navy.
 
 
/s/ Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
 
 
Enclosures: As stated