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risk in the proposal for a central administration, it
is better to take this risk and to meet the consequences
while the Control Council still has at its disposal the
necessary staff, prestige and military support.
Without a central administration every plan for economic
reconstruction is doomed to failure. The political
rehabilitation of Germany is inseparable from its
economic recovery.”
The big military airfield where we landed in
Schleswig was quiet and dreary. The commanding officer
received us and took us to the mess, a very simple
wooden barrack, where we had tea with some
officers who clearly showed the effects of the monotony
and dullness of an English camp in the German
countryside. After a while, we were informed that the
plane could proceed, and we did not need to continue
to Hamburg by car as we had feared would be
necessary. Our host told us that he had just been home to
England on leave. The first morning he had said to
his wife that he was going out to shop, but he had
come home with only one thing, a morning paper.
There was simply nothing to buy. He said goodbye
to us with a melancholy smile. The plane took off and
about an hour later we landed in Hamburg.
As I pointed out before, it is necessary when
organizing humanitarian relief work that one sees to
it that help is given with strict impartiality, and that
those most in need of it receive it without regard for
social position, creed or political conviction.
Therefore, the selection of children to be helped must be
such that there is absolute guarantee that these
principles are followed in practice. In consultation
with the British authorities, we worked out a system
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