A file containing documents concerning a Soviet note on Germany. The file includes a series of comments on the note, including the views of Konrad Adenauer, German government officials, the German press, the German opposition, and Erich Ollenauer, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The file also includes Allied-German consultation about a reply; a request from Greece for comments from the United Kingdom; a conversation with the Swiss chargé d'affaires; a discussion with the Yugoslav ambassador on the four-power talks; and an account of a conversation between the French ambassador, the Belgian ambassador, and the Soviet ambassador on the Soviet note. Other documents include a consultation between American, French, and British experts on Germany; comments and a draft reply from the United States State Department; comments and a draft reply from NATO; correspondence from the Silverdale Cooperative Society on the four-power talks; and a memorandum to Cabinet.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- Belgium France Germany Greece Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Department Reference
- Code C files 1071/201-1071/228
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media Memoranda
- File Reference
- FO 371/103672
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.103672
- Note
- Cabinet documents in this file were removed and destroyed in accordance with Cabinet Office instructions. The originals should be found in the Cabinet Office records. The following article has been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: The Times, 18 August 1953, Dr. Adenauer's Suspicions.
- Pages
- 107
- Persons Discussed
- Erich Ollenhauer Georgii Malenkov John F. Dulles Konrad Adenauer Lord Salisbury Yakov Malik
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations Media and Culture Second World War Aftermath
