The Soviets had established central administration in their zone for nutrition , transport , jurisdiction , finance , and other areas already in July 1945 , before the participants of the Potsdam Conference had officially agreed to form central German administrations . The central administrations ( Zentralverwaltungen ) in the Soviet zone were not a form of German self-government , but were rather subdivisions of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany ( SVAG ) , which had the legislative power . The states in the Soviet zone had only limited functions . After Potsdam , in the summer of 1945 , the Control Commission for Germany – British Element ( CCG/BE ) in Bad Oeynhausen created central offices ( Zentralämter ) for its zone . Its chairpersons were appointed by the British military government and were more influential than the minister-presidents of the states in the British zone , which at the time were administrative bodies rather than republics . After March 1946 the British zonal advisory board ( Zonenbeirat ) was established , with representatives of the states , the central offices , political parties , trade unions , and consumer organisations . As indicated by its name , the zonal advisory board had no legislative power , but was merely advisory . The Control Commission for Germany – British Element made all decisions with its legislative power
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