From the first , the French sought to exploit their position on the Control Council to obstruct aspects of Allied policy they saw as contrary to their national interests . De Gaulle had not been invited to the Potsdam Conference , and accordingly the French did not accept any obligation to abide by the Potsdam Agreement in the proceedings of the Allied Control Council . In particular , they resisted all proposals to establish common policies and institutions across Germany as a whole , and anything that they feared might lead to the emergence of an eventual unified German government
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Potsdam Conference
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