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NO INDEPENDENT ARMY
Allied Troops
To Be Stronger
( Daily Mirror World Cables )
WASHINGTON, Wedjiesday.-Britaifii, Franc© and the
United States will increase fneir armed fotces ii Western
Germany and the western sectors &£ Berlin.
The Germans will be'1
allowed a- mobile police
force, but the Big Three
flatly refused to allow
Germany an independent
anny t
1 These were basic peace
conditions set' out in a
communique issued yes
terday after the Big
Three Foreign Ministers
had agreed to end the
state .of war with Ger
many.
- Explaining the decision to re
inforce .troops. . the communique:
. said : the / Allied Governments
considered that their forces in
-Germany had, in addition to
occupation duties," the impor
tant role of acting as a. security
force for the defence of the
freO > w.orld— including the Wfcst
German Republic and the wes
tern sectors of Berlin. - .
The Allies promised to
/broaden the. West German
Government's authority to
act independently of the
: Allies, but -\did not specify .
these powers.
Big Step Forward
Major points established by
; the- Big / Three ; were : , ,
@ The Allies will regard any
attack on Western Germany or
Berlin from any quarter as ah
attack on themselves;
: © Establishment of mobile
police units on a State basis;
which can be used by. Western
Germany in any emergency.
Present' prohibition limits
on German industries to be re
viewed. '
© Immediate /removal of all
restrictions : on the size, speed
and number of cargo ships built
for export,
Lifting of restrictions . on
German' steel output if such
increased production will "faci
litate defence of the West."
© Western Germany will be
allowed to set up its own Min
istry of Foreign Affairs to
handle foreign relations now
handled by the Allies. .
i. The Foreign Ministers were
unable to come to a decision on
the question of German par
ticipation In the defence of
Western Europe. The matter
.will be further discussed. '
Summing up the' .decisions,
the communique said they rep
resented a major advance to-
wards the progressive, return of
Germany to partnership in
Western: Europe and the con
solidation of the western.: na
tions in their : effort to estab
lish -a firm basis Tor world
.peace.-', /
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