§ Mr. Albuasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in what respects, since the introduction of the Occupation Statute in Western Germany, the responsibility of His Majesty's Government for German affairs has been modified.
§ Mr. MayhewUnder the Occupation Statute the German Federal and Land authorities are free to direct their own affairs except in those fields which the Occupying Powers reserve to themselves. These reserved fields are defined in Paragraph 2 of the Statute.
The Occupying Powers also reserve the right, under Paragraph 3, to take action in unreserved fields if they consider that to do so is essential to security or to preserve democratic government in Germany, or in pursuance of the international obligations of their governments.
The relevant paragraphs of the Statute are reproduced below.