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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
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