United States High Commissioner for Germany

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administrative office diplomatic office

The United States High Commissioner for Germany was a post–World War II American diplomatic and administrative office responsible for overseeing and guiding the political reconstruction and governance of occupied West Germany before full sovereignty was restored.

Aliases (2)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative office → diplomatic office →
appliesToJurisdiction	Federal Republic of Germany → West Germany →
appliesToPart	Trizone in western Germany →
appointedBy	President of the United States → United States government →
cooperatesWith	British High Commissioner for Germany → French High Commissioner for Germany → West German federal government →
country	United States of America →
dissolvedAfter	restoration of West German sovereignty in 1955 →
endTime	1955 →
follows	Office of Military Government, United States →
hasAuthorityOver	German federal government under occupation statute → implementation of Allied High Commission decisions in West Germany →
hasFirstHolder	John J. McCloy →
hasHeadquartersLocation	Bonn → Germany →
hasJurisdiction	American occupation zone in Germany → Federal Republic of Germany under occupation statute →
hasOfficeHolder	James B. Conant → John J. McCloy → Walter J. Donnelly →
hasPurpose	control of West German foreign and security policy before sovereignty → support establishment of democratic institutions in West Germany → transition from military occupation to West German sovereignty →
hasRole	guidance of governance in occupied West Germany → oversight of political reconstruction of West Germany → representation of United States in occupied West Germany → supervision of occupation policies in West Germany →
hasSeat	Petersberg near Bonn →
hasShortName	U.S. High Commissioner for Germany →
legalBasis	Occupation Statute →
locatedInTimePeriod	Cold War → post–World War II era →
memberOf	Allied High Commission for Germany →
partOf	United States occupation of Germany → post–World War II Allied occupation of Germany →
replacedBy	Embassy of the United States in Bonn → United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany →
replaces	Office of Military Government, United States →
significantEvent	end of Allied occupation of West Germany → entry into force of the Bonn–Paris conventions →
startTime	1949 →
usesLanguage	English →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
James B. Conant → John J. McCloy →	positionHeld
United States High Commissioner for Germany ("U.S. High Commissioner for Germany") →	hasShortName
United States Ambassador to West Germany ("United States Political Adviser for Germany") →	precededBy
Office of Military Government, United States →	replacedBy