The Committee of the Privy Council have had before them a report dated 16th

November, 1949, from the Secretary of State for External Affairs, representing:

          (a) That in view of the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in the three Western Zones of occupation, and the intention of the occupying powers to vest in the government of the Federal Republic of Germany increasing responsibility for the conduct of its own affairs, and in view of the fact that the Allied Control Council, to which Canada's present military mission in Germany is accredited, is no longer exercising authority, it is expedient to accredit a mission for the purpose of protecting and maintaining Canadian interests in the Federal Republic of Germany;

(b) That the head of this mission should be accredited to the Council of the Allied High Commission and have access to its subordinate bodies and, through the Allied High Commission, to the government of the Federal Republic of Germany;

(c) That this mission should be established at or near the provisional seat of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn as soon as it is expedient to so do;

(d) That the Minister has approved the designation of Lieutenant-General Maurice Pope as Head of Mission; and

(e) That Lieutenant-General Pope should continue to be Head of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin and, as such, continue to be accredited to the Allied Control Authority.

The Committee, therefore, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for External Affairs, advise:

          (1) That the Secretary of State for External Affairs be authorised to organize a mission with authority to protect and maintain Canadian interests within the Federal Republic of Germany and to do such other things as may be referred to it by the Secretary of State for External Affairs;

          (2) That the Secretary of State for External Affairs be responsible for the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin and that the Head of Mission in the Federal Republic of Germany be, ex officio, Head of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin;

          (3) That the Head of the Mission in the Federal Republic of Germany (ex officio Head of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin) exercise general supervisory powers over all officials and representatives of the Canadian Government normally resident in Germany to the same extent and in the same manner as if he occupied the position of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary;

          (4) That Lieutenant-General Maurice Pope be named the Head of the Mission in the Federal Republic of Germany and be accredited to the Council of the Allied High Commission.

¹¹ Ce brouillon fut rédigé à la demande de Heeney et expédié à Reid pour les commentaires, le 17 novembre 1949. Une Evaluation plus précise de la représentation canadienne en Tchécoslovaquie et en Pologne fur rédigée en Wrier 1950. This draft memorandum was prepared at Heeney's request and forwarded to Reid for comments on November 17, 1949. A more specific assessment of Canadian representation in Czechoslovakia and Poland was prepared in February 1950.