When John J . McCloy was named U . S . high commissioner for Germany in 1949, Slater returned with him as secretary general of the Allied High Commission.
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Since the second world war, the hotel has served as the headquarters of the Allied High Commission for Germany, and as a guest house for the Federal German Government.
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The United States High Commissioner for Germany pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1946, } } functioned until the abolition of the Allied High Commission on pursuant to the Bonn Paris conventions.
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In 1944, he was made honorary surgeon to King George VI . Post-war, he was Public Medical Officer for the Allied High Commission ( the Allied body that governed occupied Germany after the war ).
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One of his first works were buildings for the HICOG ( High Commissioner of Germany ), the Allied High Commission at the palace Deichmannsaue in Bad-Godesberg / Bonn together with the architects Otto Apel, Rudolf Letocha, Rohrer and Herdt.
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Between 1950 and 1955 the Allied High Commission for Germany prohibited " proceedings to establish paternity or liability for maintenance of children . " Even after the lifting of the ban West German courts had little power over American soldiers.
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From 1949 to 1955 the town formed part of the " Enklave Bonn ", a special administrative area set up around the provisional seat of government of the Federal Republic of Germany under the command of the Allied High Commission.
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Between 1950 and 1955, the Allied High Commission for Germany prohibited " proceedings to establish paternity or liability for maintenance of children . " Even after the lifting of the ban, West German courts had little power to gain child support from American soldiers.
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In 1949, Slater was named Secretary General of the Allied High Commission in Germany and three years later moved to Paris where he served as executive secretary in the office of the United States representatives to NATO and the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, set up under the Marshall Plan.
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In 1949 / 50, the U . S . government consulted him on setting up a new German Civil Liberties Union ( " Bund f�r B�rgerrechte " ) and he worked for the Allied High Commission, but he had to return to the United States due to the onset of illness.
