In occupied Germany Morgenthau left a direct legacy through what in OMGUS commonly were called " Morgenthau boys " . These were U.S. Treasury officials whom General Dwight D. Eisenhower had " loaned " in to the Army of occupation . These people ensured that JCS 1067 was interpreted as strictly as possible . They were most active in the first crucial months of the occupation , but continued their activities for almost two years following the resignations of Morgenthau in mid-1945 , and some time later , of their leader , Colonel Bernard Bernstein , who was " the repository of the Morgenthau spirit in the army of occupation " . They resigned when , in July 1947 , JCS 1067 was replaced by JCS 1779 , which instead stressed that " An orderly , prosperous Europe requires the economic contributions of a stable and productive Germany . " Morgenthau 's legacy was also seen in the plans for preserving German disarmament by significantly reducing German economic might . ( see also Allied plans for German industry after World War II ) In October 1945 , Morgenthau published a book titled '' Germany is Our Problem '' in which he described and motivated the Morgenthau plan in great detail . Roosevelt had granted permission for the book the evening before his death , when dining with Morgenthau at Warm Springs . Morgenthau had asked Churchill for permission to also include the text of the then still secret " pastoralization " memorandum signed by Churchill and FDR at Quebec but permission was denied . In November 1945 General Dwight D. Eisenhower , the Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone , approved the distribution of 1000 free copies of the book to American military officials in occupied Germany . Historian Stephen E. Ambrose draws the conclusion that , despite Eisenhower 's later claims that the act was not an endorsement of the Morgenthau plan , Eisenhower both approved of the plan and had previously given Morgenthau at least some of his ideas on how Germany should be treated
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