-5- 10115, November 18, 3 p.m., from London been adopted by EIPS and will be expressed in the forthcoming discussions. Three there is reason to believe that UK thought on economic policy towards Germany is influenced by the desire to avoid encouraging an undue growth of product substitutes in Germany that are not simultaneously adopted in Allied countries. An unduly restrictive policiy towards existing German industries might encourage invention of substitiutes, some of which would be efficient. Thus the Allies might be taken at a disadvantage in some future period through not having kept pace technologically with these developments. WINANT WTD |