-2- Judicial process. Under martial law the civil code is suspended. Those who have violated accepted military codes can and should be punished by military procedure. 5. Relief Any relief to the people of Germany to come after relief to the peoples of the liberated countries has been accomplished. 6. Political control To be exercised only during the regime of Allied Military Government. When that ends, political control of Germany from without should also end. 7. Industry The return (or replacement) of stolen machinery to the plundered countries, plus the removal from Germany of all machinery usable for the manufacture of war goods or easily convertible to that purpose, will be the one effective means of rendering it impossible for the Germans to prepare for another war. This operation should therefore ue carried out thoroughly and energetically, with no concessions to any groups or pressures. The additional step necessary to make Germany physically in- capable of preparing for another war is to place allocation of all raw materials in Europe -- both those originating in Europe and those imported -- under control of an international commission of the United Nations. Only such raw materials should be allowed to Germany as are manifestly necessary for manufacture of domestic consumer goods, and checks should be devised to insure their use solely for that purpose. Easement of this control as applied specifically to Germany industry should be determined not by the calendar, but by the political orientation of the new German regime and by |