Central (C): General (C). Political Exchanges Leading Towards Four-Power Talks on the Future of Germany

A file containing documents concerning a Soviet note on Germany and the four-power talks. The file includes a series of comments and draft replies to the Soviet note by France, the United States, and the United Kingdom; comments on wider discussions during the four-power talks; an account of a conversation with the Swiss chargé d'affaires; a record of the Fourth Tripartite Meeting in Washington; an account of talks with the United States and France; Italian views about the Soviet notes; and a statement made by the French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council. Other documents include notes on a meeting of the foreign ministers in Baden-Baden; comments from the chancellor of Germany on the Soviet note; reactions from the Social Democratic Party of Germany; a request from the prime minister for the reply to be placed on the Cabinet's agenda; and proposed edits to the reply from the Drafting Committee.