Control Council Act No. 25
With the Control Council Act No. 25 of April 29, 1946, the Allied Control Council pursued the goal “to prevent scientific research for military purposes and its practical application for such purposes, and to monitor it in other areas where it could create a war potential and to direct them in peaceful channels ”.
It contained a strict ban on any military research. The law also banned applied research in a number of areas that had both civil and military uses. These included nuclear physics , aircraft construction , shipbuilding , rocket technology , radar and sonar technology , cryptography and the manufacture of high-explosives. Basic research in these areas was allowed, however, insofar as the necessary facilities could not be used for military purposes. In addition, the law specified areas in which applied research could only be carried out with prior approval, such as radio technology , tube technology and the production of synthetic oils and rubber .
The law only permitted scientific research in facilities that had been previously approved by the responsible zone commander . They were also obliged to register their technical and scientific personnel and to report in detail on their research activities at regular intervals. Active members of the NSDAP or other National Socialist organizations should be dismissed from research work.
In the Federal Republic of Germany it was repealed in 1955 by Article 2 of Law No. A-37 of the Allied High Commission of May 5, 1955, and in the GDR by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of 1955.
