Blake is hoping to get a policy position in a new Division to find "people who are politically all right" and to start publishing newspapers and magazines. Otherwise, there is little to report in Germany, except that the British are doing a better job administering their area than the Americans and that many Germans were surprised by the Potsdam Declaration.

Source: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Peter Blake Papers, Fol 19:20-22.