US ZONE OF GERMANY

GREATER HESSE, WUERTTEMBERG BADEN, BAVARI

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OFFICE OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT

FOR GERMANY (US) ( War Dijet)

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Section 1 Introduction

Organization of the Economics Division

U. S. A. in Germany.

A Year of Potsdam

Basic Objectives of Military Government

Section || The Four-Power Economic Occupation of Germany

Story of the Economics Directorate

The Industrial Disarmament of Germany, Reparations and the Future Level of

German Industry

The Reparations Program

Section Ill Economic Conditions in the U. S. Zone

Part One: Food and Agriculture

How 17,000,000 Germans Are Fed

Part Two: Industry

Economic Milestones, July, 1945 - August, 1946

A Year of Industry in the U. S. Zone

Economic Administration in U. S. Zone

Central Agencies: a Statement of Policy

Coal

Metals

Oil

Public Utilities

Building Materials .

Machinery and Optics

Chemicals

Consumer Goods

Price Control and Rationing

Section IV Germany in the World Economic Picture .

Export-Import- Program

Inter-Zonal Trade .

Section V Restitution

Germany's Loot Being Returned to Owners

Stolen Art Treasures on Their Way Back

R. D. and R. Directorate .

Section VI Decartelization and Control

The State Within a State

Research as a War Potential.

Control of German Industry

The Economic Aspects of Denazification

Section VII Appendix . .

Excerpts from the Potsdam Agreement

Plan for Reparations and Post-War Level of Industry

Deputy Directors and Branch Chiefs

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