The period from November, 1947, to the middle of April, 1948, ended with a number of fundamental changes in the nature of the occupation of Germany: 1) the Allied Control Council for Germany held no meetings after March 20,1948, and was regarded by the press as virtually dissolved; 2) reorganization of the bizonal government of the combined occupation zones of the United States and the United Kingdom resulted in the formation of a substantially new governmental structure for the area; 3) considerable progress was made toward the integration of the French zone of occupation with the British and American zones, together with the establishment of trizonal policies designed to place western German industrial production into close relationship with the European Recovery Program. All three developments closely followed the failure of the London meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in December 1947 to reach agreement on the terms of the treaty of peace with Germany.