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Show Americans Help Liberated Europe Live Again 767 D s. Army Signal Corps. Official From the Near-by Reich, Yanks Escort German Civilians to Safety in Belgium They help these enemies in line of duty, but fraternization is forbidden. Kissing a German girl may cost a 40-dollar fine. These refugees are in Malmedy, Germany's and Belgium's long-disputed prize. Two months after they arrived, the Battle of the Bulge struck Malmedy. local levels of government. It is designed to keep the civilian population from molesting the security of the troops, to give relief to Allied prisoners of war and displaced persons, and to set up a structure of government employing non-Nazis to assist the occupation forces in meeting their minimum requirements. All this serves as a framework for the later exercise of positive controls over Germany in accord with long-range policies arrived at by the Allied Control Commission. Problems which will furrow the brows of statesmen for years, such as reparations, trial of war criminals, re-education of German youth, demilitarization of Germany, and its economic disarmament are treated for the time being by negative action. Pending elaboration of the decisions reached at Yalta, the Army identifies and holds objects looted from the occupied countries, closes schools, and treats members of the armed forces and Nazis who come under its control as prisoners of war and civilian internees. As Allied policy is developed and as the mission of the Army in Germany changes from combat to occupation, the foundations now being laid will be used to build up a pattern of control designed, in the words of Yalta, "to ensure that Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world." The Functions of "G-5" Though liberation and conquest are conventional military functions, many of the responsibilities being discharged by our Armies in Europe today are new-new, in part, because total war involves civilians as wars haven't done before. New also because this war was fought, more than most, to influence the ideals and political beliefs of civilians. To discharge these added responsibilities effectively, the American Army modified its fundamental organization in one of the most |