Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

740.00119 (Potsdam)/5–2446

No. 398
Briefing Book Paper¹

[Extract]²

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European Territorial Settlements

i. germany

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The United States Government is opposed to the separation from Germany of the Ruhr³ or the left bank of the Rhine either by internationalization or by other means. …

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[ Washington ,] June 29, 1945.

1. Annex 13 to the attachment to document No. 177.
2. For other extracts from this paper, see documents Nos. 259 and 509.
3. For a map of the Ruhr, see vol. ii, facing p. 926.