FOREIGN ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION               
 
                OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR                 
 
                    WASHINGTON 25, D. C.                    
 
 
January 20, 1945
 
 
                                                            
CRIBING FEA'S STUDY PROJECT RELATING TO GERMAN ECONOMIC AND 
 
 
Pursuant to the President's request, FEA is making a study of German
industry and resources in cooperation with the Department of State.  
 
 
We will not undertake to determine policy but will develop material
that
should inform the President on all phases of the German economy,
cataloging the facts relative to each activity or resource, indicating
the controls that may be necessary to accomplish the desired
objectives, and projecting the effects of the controls, both for the
country as a whole and by such areas as may be assigned to each of the
Allies.
 
 
With this material available the President can avoid the situation
President Wilson faced after World War I when the British were the much
better informed, as reported by Churchill in a book entitled "'The
Aftermath," published in 1929.
 
 
At present, the British have the advantage in their current studies
since they embarked on a full-fledged program well in advance of even
preliminary consideration of a similar project in this country.  We do
not know what the Prussians have done in this field.
 
 
We hope to overcome one present deficiency by having the fullest
cooperation of all agencies which have developed information or have
technical personnel qualified to assist in hastening the completion of
the project.  In this connection we will have the full use of the
Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee (T.I.I.C.) which was
recently established within FEA.