ALLIED CONTROL IN

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5

ALLIED CONTROL IN

Anialya tion n? ovc Under Way Steps In British Zone Telegraph—N' Z. A-. n - Copyrigh’ '9.50 p.m.) LONDON. J’iiv 22. Withh ihe ne\t week nr iv.o a start v. ill be in.uh* pass over the < «»» the Military <'<«vt’-niuent to the Control ('ounril in th** British zone, writes a Brriin correspondent. 5 building »ias brvn ac .itired in t»p- (iu io house the preliminary stufi’. military and civil. Accorc!ir if ; to a BiiUsfi officer acichessiE’t a pres., (Ginerence. iherc will b'- an ainal-Aimat.on of .oiv.iel lunation by Junction. Finance v.Ji I*.rebably be the first to pa.ss into the hands ol the Control Council within It i.'. pei.j..-A oi:' thaT the ne.-t uses many could only be- made bv an interchange of the surplus between the ciirfennt nauona! zones. The ieedm': oi Berlin w.c- an outstanding example. No information was forthcoming when the Allied Control Council would become operative, but many meetings natives of Brumn. the United States. Russia and France and good progress ha.s been made towards sotting up the necessary co-ordination machinery. Another correspondent says that provost marshals of the British. United Slates and Soviet OecuDalmn forces met on Sunday at American District Headquarters to plan a drive against the city's black-market activities. It was agreed that a patrol of each Allied force would enter th? zones of other Powers to make arrests of personnel of their respective forces engaged in illegal trading with ’b.e Ge * loans. Patrols wore also authorised to arrest German civilians caught tradir . with Allied soldiers. The powers of arrest of the German city police force ha:, also been extended. The correspondent adds that on Sunday British troops enjoyed their first holiday since entering Berlin. On Monday at the express wish of Mr Churchill all British troops, except essential staffs and guards, will also have a day off.