vierteljahrshefte für zeitgeschichte - Institut für Zeitgeschichte

140 Dokumentation
with foreign countries on a non-accounting basis. It was approved by the Bipartite
Board and the British have proposed attempting to expanding the principle with other
countries.
DR. MUELDER 37 , Education and Culture Rel.: Following instructions from General
Gailey 38 , we are in the process of moving to Nürnberg 39 the entire division excepting
the deputy director and administrative officer or secretary will be moved to Nürnberg.
Some will go down Sunday [27. 6. 1948]. By Wednesday [30. 6. 1948] the entire division
shall clear the post here.
Dr. Gresh 40 , the Berlin director, is leaving for the States by ship on the 30th of June
and I think he should be here along the 15th of July.
In the education field there is one item of general interest as far as the Russians
are concerned. I think Dr. Gresh has an item to relate.
DR. GRESH, Education: The Unitarian Service Commission 41 , General Hays 42 , as
you know, is sending over a rather large commission of doctors and surgeons. They
arrived in Frankfurt on the 2nd of July and consisted of 15 eminent medical men and
three other people. The education branch has been assigned the responsibility for taking
care of them and it is pretty well completed. However, we have asked the Public
Health Branch to take over the rest of the business so far as their stay here is concerned.
They come to Frankfurt and then to Berlin and then go back to Frankfurt
for the start off. They will spend about a week at each university. They bring with
them a certain amount of demonstration material.
The British were a little bit worried about overcrowding the schools and spending
a week there but that has all been worked out. It -won't be a very great task for Public
Health to take over as far as handling is concerned.
The Commission of International Education Reconstruction, which is sort of a
committee of the American Council of Education, has come out with a very significant
report. I think you have seen it. It drew up a letter for General Clay. The commission,
by the way, is charged with the coordination of all volunteer efforts in America
with respect to war devastated countries and the report shows that in 1947 the re-
37
Milton E. Muelder, Deputy Director of Education and Cultural Relations Division,
OMGUS.
38
Charles K. Gailey, Chief of Staff, OMGUS.
39
Die Teilverlegung der Education und Cultural Relations Division, OMGUS nach Nürnberg
fand im Rahmen einer größeren Umstrukturierung der Information Control Division und
der Education and Cultural Relations Division statt. Vgl. dazu OMGUS-General Order
No. 6 vom 18. 2. 1948 und No. 22 vom 23. 6. 1948, Archiv des Instituts fur Zeitgeschichte
(IfZ), MA 1417.
40
Levi D. Gresh; die Position von Gresh in OMGUS zum damaligen Zeitpunkt ließ sich nicht
ganz klären. Nach den OMGUS-Personnel Rosters war er bis Februar 1948 Deputy Chief of
Education and Religious Affairs Branch der Internal Affairs and Communications Division,
OMGUS. Er taucht dann nicht mehr in den Personallisten der neugebildeten Education
and Cultural Relations Division, OMGUS, auf, auch nicht in denen des Office of Military
Government for Berlin Sector (OMGBS).
41
Es muß heißen „Unitarian Medical Mission"; dazu heißt es ausführlicher im Monthly
Report No. 37, July 1948, S. 10: „The Unitarian Medical Mission, consisting of 15 physicians
and surgeons from the United States, arrived in the U. S. Zone on 2 July. A series of
lectures, clinics, and demonstrations was given to the German medical profession in Frankfurt,
Berlin, Munich, and Goettingen (British Zone) . . . The Medical Mission brought U. S.
textbooks and surgical and anesthesia apparatus to give to the Germans on the completion
of the visit."
42
George P. Hays, Commanding General, OMGUS and Deputy Military Governor.