without running the risk of frustrating the decision to
Hie complete military and economic disarmament of Ger-
many.
Such is the opinion of the Soviet Government regard-
ing the war industry and war potential of Germany. These
considerations cannot hamper the development of Ger-
many's civilian industries.
In order that the development of Germany's civilian
industries may benefit other nations that need German coal,
metal and manufactured products, Germany should be
granted the right to export and import and, if this right to
engage in foreign trade is realized, we should not hinder
Germany from increasing her output of steel, coal and man-
ufactured products for peaceful needs, naturally within
certain bounds, and with the indispensable proviso that
inter-Allied control is established over German industry,
and over the Ruhr industries in particular.
As we know, the Control Council in Germany recently
fixed the level which German industry should attain in the
next few years. Germany is still a long way from this level.
Nevertheless, it should be recognized now that her civilian
industries must be given the opportunity to develop more
widely, provided only that this industrial development is
really used to 'satisfy the peaceful needs of the German peo-
ple and for the promotion of trade with other countries.
All this calls for the establishment of proper inter-Allied
control over German industry and over the Ruhr industries
in particular, responsibility for which cannot rest upon any
one Allied country alone.
The adoption of an appropriate program for the de-
velopment of Germany's peace industries, which will also
provide for the development of her foreign trade, as well a's
the establishment of intes-Allied control over the whole of
German industry, is essential for the implementation of