THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON MEMORANDOM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Comparison of the recommendations of the Kilgore Subcommittee with those of the Department on the economic treatment of Germany . For your information I attach herewith a memorandum comparing the recommendations of the Kilgore Subcommittee for the economic treatment of Germany with the Department's draft proposals which I submitted to you on November 11th. I believe the Department's recommendations on the treatment of cartels, of German industrialists, and of the arms industry are very nearly the same as those of the Kilgore Subcommittee. The Kilgore proposal, however, for the complete dismantling of the metalurgical and chemical industries is much more drastic than that which the Department has believed to be sound and desirable. Enclosure: Memorandum. E. R. Stettinius, Jr. (signed) |