(l STAT.] FRANCE-RECRUITMENT OF LABOR-OCT. 25 , 1947 4115 The American Ambassador to the Secretary General of the French Ministry of ForeignAffairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Paris, October 25, 1947. MY DEAR MR. AMBASSADOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note of October 25, 1947, which states: "1. As a consequence of the exchanges of views which have taken Recruitment of free German workers in place between the representatives of your Embassy and those of my . S. Zone of Ger- Department relative to the recruitment for labor in France of free many. German workers in the United States Zone of Germany, you have in- formed me that the French Government will be able to proceed with the recruitment of such workers, under the authority of the Com- mander of the Zone, on the following conditions: (a) Recruitment of free German workers will in no way affect the implementation of existing French commitments regarding the recruitment of displaced persons in Germany. (b) Recruitment of free German workers under the provisions of this Agreement will be effected through the intermediary of the German labor offices on whose premises the French Recruitment Mission will question and furnish information to volunteers for labor in France. The French Recruitment Mission will inform the appropriate United States Military Government authorities of any difficulties arising between it and the German Labor Office in order that those authorities may take necessary action. The provisions of the technical agreement referred to in para- graph 3 below will be reexamined at the request of the chief of the French Recruitment Mission if he considers that the recruit- ment of German workers for France is unsatisfactory and if, after investigation by the United States Military Government authorities, it appears that the inadequate recruitment results from obstructive practices by the German Labor Offices in the United States Zone of Germany. (c) The families of voluntary German workers recruited for labor in France will leave for France, via the French Zone of Germany. The departure of the family will take place simultaneously with the departure of the worker, or in any case not later than one month thereafter. (d) No recruitment will take place among workers employed in the mines. (e) In exceptional circumstances, recruitment will be temporarily suspended at the request of the appropriate United States Military Government authorities among workers whom they consider as belonging to an occupation or being employed in areas where there exists a critical shortage of manpower. My Government accepts these conditions.
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