LONDON, Jan. 18 -- The food shortages in the British zone in Germany and the resulting unrest are causing grave concern to the British Government, already disturbed by the discovery of "Protocol M" disclosed by the British as a Communist plan for defeating the European Recovery Program in Germany.

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