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The largest subseries under the Germany series relates to Pollock's responsibility with Office of the Military Government (U.S.) in the period of 1945-1946 and his role as official observer and member of fact-finding missions to Germany in 1947, 1948, and 1950. As a scholar as well as a participant, Pollock was careful in recording his observations and activities. He maintained a valuable diary for the period of 1945-1946 and 1948 and was diligent in preserving the documentation that crossed his desk - reports, memoranda, meeting materials, and speeches. The importance of the diary was readily recognized by German scholars. In 1994, Ingrid Krüger-Bulcke published Besatzune und Staatsaufbau nach 1945 which is a transcript of Pollock's "Occupation Diary" and his private correspondence with his wife and some of his colleagues in the period of 1945 to 1948. A positive microfilm of this diary is also available. The library also has a negative microfilm for the entire subseries originally created for a researcher.

The subseries also contains much material on the proceedings of the Länderrat, including protocols of all of its meetings through 1948. There is also material on organization, proposals, the results of actions taken, and relations with the Regional Government Coordinating Office. Other files pertain to the United States zonal government as a whole and its relations with the other zones. There are further files on the economic situation in Germany, the progress of denazification, and reports on the conferences of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Extensive files of correspondence from this period is available with General Lucius Clay, Robert Murphy, and John McCloy. (A microfilm negative of this entire series was produced fora researcher. Consult reference staff concerning access)