The Employment of German National by the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany
Office of the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany, Office of the Executive Secretary, Historical Division, 1952. Presumed First Edition, First printing [While dated 1952, per the back cover appears to have been printed in November 1951]. Wraps. [4], iii, [1], 118, [2] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Appendices. Formerly Restricted, overstamped with Unclassified (December 1958). Cover has some wear and soiling. The author's full name was James Frederick John Gillen. The Historical Division monographs are primarily concerned with the organization, activities, and interests of the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG). In each volume and in this volume, the selection of facts and their interpretation represent the judgment and opinion of the author(s). No part of any study be considered a statement of U.S. Government policy, and the points of view expressed are not necessarily those of HICOG or of the Department of State. On March 31, 1951, the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany employed 12690 persons of whom 10,744 were Germans. To what extend should an Occupying Power as employer observe German personnel procedures and practices? What rules of appointment, classification and pay should be used when Germans work for Tripartite Allied agencies? There and many other questions had been raised during the years of military occupation and transition and varying answers had been given. The history of this administrative experience is an interesting story in itself and is the subject of the present monograph. The Allied High Commission (also known as the High Commission for Occupied Germany, HICOG) was established by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France after the 1948 breakdown of the Allied Control Council to regulate and supervise the development of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The Commission took its seat at the Hotel Petersberg near Bonn and started its work on September 21, 1949. It ceased to function under the terms of the Bonn–Paris conventions, on May 5, 1955. The Occupation Statute specified the prerogatives of the Western allies vis-à-vis the German government, and preserved the right to intervene in areas of military, economic, and foreign policy importance. These rights were revised in the Petersberg Agreement several weeks later. With the creation of the Federal Republic and the institution of the High Commission, the position of the Military Governors was abolished. Instead each of the three Western allies named a High Commissioner. John McCloy was the first U.S. High Commissioner and James Bryant Conant was the final one, and transitioned to become the first U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Military Government, Military Occupation, Pay and Classification, Personnel System, Alien Employees, Morale, Labor Unions, Salary Scale, Employment Conditions, Bonn Enclave
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