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by my EAC delegation which includes representatives of State, Army,
Navy and Air Force.  In organizing the United States delegation on the
EAC, it was understood that the Departments and the services concerned
would coordinate policy in joint recommendations and I have done my
utmost to see that all their points of view are fully taken into
account in preparing the directives which I have forwarded to the
Department.  Since the establishment of the United States Group Control
Council (Germany) under General Wickersham, its sections and
representatives have also
participated actively in drafting and approving these directives.
 
 
        Comments on British directives of which 29 have been
transmitted to date should also be helpful; so far I have received
Working Security comments on only one of the United Kingdom draft
directives.
 
 
 If, as mentioned in Department's 8047 (October 2,
ll p.m.) certain general decisions are still pending, this factor
should not delay consideration and clearance of our draft directives
which it will be noted do not prejudge such long range problems as for
example, partition and deindustrialization but deal with practical
questions requiring immediate tripartite handling after Germany's
collapse or surrender.
 
 
        If, on the other hand, these delays have occurred because of
the present cumbersome machinery for interdepartmental clearance in
Washington, I must urge that the Department examine most seriously
means for expediting the consideration of these questions and for
providing me with the materials which I have been promised for several
months if negotiations are to be carried on successfully in the EAC.
The responsibility for these delays should be ascertained, but what is
even more important, the present arrangements including the procedures
of the Working Security Committee as set forth in Department's
instruction 3667 (January 28) should be reviewed and revised.
 
 
        In recent years I have tried to study the negotiations which
have shaped the relationships among the great powers.  I would like to
say that I do not think that any conference or commission created by
governments for a serious purpose has had less support from the
governments creating it than the European Advisory Commission.  At
least I do not Know of any like example in recorded history.
 
 
        Please show this telesram to the President, to the Secretary of
State, and to the Secretary of War.
 
 
      WINANT