Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

I have come to Germany to learn at first hand the problems involved in the reconstruction of Germany and to discuss with our representatives the views of the United States Government as to some of the problems confronting us.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.

Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression.

The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.