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 its reunification. The file includes documents discussing the Allied reply to the Soviet note, including drafts of the Allied reply; comments from the mayor of West Berlin; comments from the Austrian foreign minister; an account of a telephone conversation with the United Kingdom delegation in Paris; copies of the final Allied reply; the German reaction to the Allied reply; the German press reaction; the French press reaction; comments made by the German chancellor; and Italian comments on the Allied reply. The file also includes the reactions of the United States State Department to tripartite consultation on Germany; comments of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on tripartite consultation on Germany; the text of public statements by John Foster Dulles, the United States Secretary of State, on German partition and the West German elections; and proposals for possible four-power talks on Germany.