When the Soviets learned about this, they claimed that such plans were in violation of the Potsdam Agreement, that obviously the Western powers were not interested in further regular four-power control of Germany, and that under such circumstances the Control Council had no purpose any more.
Da de sovjetiske repræsentanter fandt ud af dette, hævdede de, at sådanne planer var i strid med Potsdamtraktaten, at de vestlige magter tydeligvis ikke var interesseret i fortsat regulær firemagts kontrol over Tyskland, og at under sådanne omstændigheder havde kontrolrådet ikke længere noget formål.