At the end of World war II, the Allied Control Council is given leave to decide on the rebuilding of Germany. Political infighting however, makes headway difficult as the Big 3 trip and stumble over each others' feet. Democracy and Communism cannot find a common path in leading Germany out of Nazism into a more meaningful nation in terms of international unity. Can Beresford's Red Cross influence help save what seems an inevitable failure of the Zoning system?