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Following the defeat of Nazi Germany and then the partition of German territory, two Four-Power Authorities, in which the four main victor nations (the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and France) managed equally, were created. The intended governing body of Germany until it could run itself was called the
Allied Control Council The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority (german: Alliierter Kontrollrat) and also referred to as the Four Powers (), was the governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany and Allied-occupied Austria after the end of Wo ...
. The commanders-in-chief exercised supreme authority in their respective zones and acted in concert on questions affecting the whole country. The capital Berlin, which lay in the Soviet sector, was also divided into four sectors. Only two jointly run four-power organizations survived the division of Germany. Both were in West Berlin, Germany, and existed during the
Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
from 1948 to 1989. These were the
Berlin Air Safety Center The Berlin Air Safety Centre (BASC) was established by the Allied Control Council's Coordinating Committee on 12 December 1945. It was located in the former Kammergericht Building, on Kleistpark, Berlin. Operations began in February 1946 under q ...
and Spandau Prison (which was demolished in 1987 when
Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position unt ...
, the sole remaining prisoner, died).


Status

These two organizations were uniquely four-powered in that American, British, French, and Soviet authorities cooperated in their management. This was different from the intensely adversarial relations the allies had with the Warsaw Pact leader in almost every other aspect of world affairs during this time. Both organizations remained low-profile and secretive during their existences to avoid highlighting the politically sensitive nature of their interactions and cooperations.


See also

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Four Power (disambiguation) There have been a number of Four Power also called Quadripartite Agreement (disambiguation), Quadripartite agreements and structures: * The Four-Power Treaty, made at the ''Washington Naval Conference'' November 1921 to February 1922. * The Four-P ...
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Four Power Naval Commission The Four Power Naval Commission was created after World War II by the United States, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union to dispose of elements of the Italian Fleet, and to provide for the return of warships the US and UK had loaned to the ...
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Four Power Agreement on Berlin The Four Power Agreement on Berlin, also known as the Berlin Agreement or the Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin, was agreed on 3 September 1971 by the four wartime Allied powers, represented by their ambassadors. The four foreign ministers, Ale ...
* Council of Foreign Ministers * European Advisory Commission * Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany * History of Germany since 1945 Aftermath of World War II in Germany Allied occupation of Germany France–United Kingdom military relations France–United States military relations France–Soviet Union relations Soviet Union–United Kingdom relations Soviet Union–United States relations United Kingdom–United States military relations {{Germany-hist-stub