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Stallings proved that \\(e(G)>1\\) iff G splits over a finite subgroup C as a nontrivial free product with amalgamation resp. HNN-extension, \\(G=A*_ CB\\) or \\(G=A*_{\\{C,t\\}}\\) (or equivalently, G acts on a tree such that G fixes no vertex and all edge-stabilizers are finite). Now if e(A) or \\(e(B)>1\\) this splitting process can be iterated. A f.g. group G is called accessible if this splitting process stops after finitely many steps, or equivalently, G is the fundamental group of a (finite) graph of groups in which every edge group is finite and every vertex group has at most one end. For example, by Grushko's theorem every f.g. torsion-free group is accessible. The conjecture is that every f.g. group G is accessible.    In the present paper it is shown that finitely presented groups are accessible. 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