REMOVAL OF NAZIS

Southland Times, Issue 25763, 29 August 1945, Page 5

REMOVAL OF NAZIS

Important Task For Allied Occupation Forces

(Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, August 28. Defining the aims of the United States Army of Occupation at the opening of a three-day conference at Frankfurt on the Military Government in the United States zone, ovex- which Mr Robert Murphy, the United States Ambassador at Large, presided, General Dwight D. Eisenhower said: “We must understand what we are doing in Germany. The Army until May 8 bad the job of whipping the enemy, but since then its main job has been to support the Military Government.” General Eisenhower’s deputy, Lieut-enant-General Lucius Clay, said: “If we fail in oui' policy of ‘de-Nazification’ it will be an indication to the Germans besides oui- own people that we are unable ox- unwilling to. accomplish our major ’war aim. The Germans themselves attach almost equal importance to ‘de-Nazification.’ ” He added that responses to a recent radio inquiry revealed a real anxiety on the part of the Germans fox' a vigorous Allied policy regarding the Nazis. OCCUPATION TROOPS IN BERLIN Reduction In British Force (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, August 27. Tlxe occupation troops in Berlin are being reduced by 3000, partly because a large protecting force is no longernecessary and partly because the French have assured control of two boroughs formerly in the British area. MajorGeneral Lewis Lyne announced the reduction when he revealed that he was retiring on August 31 as British member of the Kommandature in order to resume leadership of the 7th Ax-moured Division. Major-General E. P. Nares is his successor.

Major-General Lyne praised the work of the Kommandature. “In less than two months it has established itself as an efficient international machine for tlxe united government and control of Berlin,” he said. “The Kommandature had seven meetings, and on not a single subject have we ever had a disagreement that could not be solved after discussion.”

Major-General Lyne added that there were many urgent problems to be solved, particularly those affecting the German population’s health and living conditions during the coming winter. However, every possible precaution was being taken, and he was sure that workable solutions would be found. The greatest efforts were being made to keep additional German refugees from entering the crowded capital.