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7. We have individually reported to our respective Governments on the
course of the discussions which have taken place in arriving at the
contents of the Agreement which is hereto attached. It is unnecessary
for us, therefore, to repeat the history of those discussions.
 
 
8. In order to ensure that the control machinery proposed in the
Agreement will be prepared to assume its functions with minimum delay,
we recommend that nucleus control machinery, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, be established on a tripartite basis as
soon as possible after the Agreement has been approved.
 
 
9. We recommend, with reference to Article 8 of the Agreement, that the
three Governments should jointly issue a public statement at the time
of the signature of the Instrument of Surrender to the effect that, in
connection with the exercise of the powers assurued by them in the
Instrument of Surrender, they will consult with the Governments of
other United Nations
10. We further recommend that the main points of the attached agreement
on Control Machinery in Germany be published by the three Allied
Representatives as a Proclamation to the German people immediately
after the signing of the Unconditional Surrender Instrument immediately
following the cessation of organised resistance in Germany.  This
Proclamation would also include a description of the Zones of
Occupation.
 
 
For the Representative of the Government of the United States of
America on the European Advisory Commission:
 
Philip E. Mosely (signed)
 
 
Representative of the Government of the United Kingdom on the European
Advisory Commission:
 
William Strang
 
 
Representative of the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics on the European Advisory Commission:
(SEE ORIGINAL)
 
 
 
LANCASTER HOUSE.
 
LONDON, S.W.1.
 
14th November, 1944.
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