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

A file containing documents concerning preparations for quadripartite and tripartite talks on Germany, and the Allied reply to a Soviet note on German unification. The file includes an account of a conversation with the French chargé d'affaires; the United States State Department's views on a tripartite consultation; comments by a Soviet minister on the proposed venue; text of a speech by Adenauer, the West German chancellor; British press reaction to the chancellor's speech and the Council of Europe; reactions from Berlin and East Germany to the Soviet note; and comments on the content of a possible German peace treaty. Other documents include a summary of and comments on East German communist views on elections; details of a conversation between the French ambassador in Moscow and Molotov, a Soviet minister; views of the Quai d'Orsay on the proposed meetings at Paris and Lugano; and Home Office views on the four-power talks.