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LETTER FROM GENERAL OF THE ARMY EISENHOWER

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U.S. FORCES, EUROPEAN THEATER
Office of the Commanding General

25 October 1945

TO: The Field Personnel of Military Government

You are the representatives of the United States in Germany who carry our policies direct to the Germans. It is from you that they learn to know and respect Americans.

I wish that I could visit each of your areas personally. There are too many for one man to cover so I have asked my Army Commanders and my own Military Government Staff to visit with you to discuss your problems on the ground.

Yours is a difficult task. Whatever goes wrong is laid on your shoulders; your accomplishments are taken for granted.

You must have confidence in yourself and in your mission to convey your messages to the Germans.

I wish to congratulate you on what you have succeeded in accomplishing in the past six months. I wish to assure you that you have the confidence of your commanders and they have mine.


[[signed]]Dwight D Eisenhower

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