BLACK MARKET IN BERLIN
ALLIED COMMANDERS TO TAKE ACTION (Rec. 1.15 a.m.) BERLIN, July 20. The four Allied commanders in Berlin have decided to take joint action to eliminate the black market, which Major-General F. L. Parkes described as “a gienace to the city’s welfare.” He urged that co-ordinated steps be taken immediately. The provost marshals from the four Powers have prepared a, joint plan, and a close watch is expected to be kept on the sale of such items as bread, meat, petrol, and alcohol. ’’Black market activities are proceeding quite openly,” says an agency correspondent, “and there have been instances of German police refusing to take action. British and American soldiers are indulging in what seems to be classed as a legitimate transaction. They are selling watches to Soviet troops, who are paying from £125 to £l5O for a watch in occupation marksj, The Germans are offering typewriters and cameras for a few hundred cigarettes.”
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24624, 21 July 1945, Page 7
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