...not yet clear that the Allies would be victorious, punitive action would have to be weighed against the useful ness of the neutral to the Allied cause,...assets. They had borne, with the Soviet Union, the major burdens of victory; they were now faced with the enormous costs of occupying Germany (costs which...

...remained neutral in the war against Germany should be prevailed upon by all suitable means to recognize the reasons of justice and of international security...the Powers exercising supreme authority in Germany and the other Powers participating in this Conference in their efforts to extirpate the German holdings...