45. Editorial Note
Chancellor Adenauer visited Paris December 1–2 for talks on questions of mutual concern. In a general meeting during the afternoon of December 1, and at a private meeting with General deGaulle on the morning of December 2, the Chancellor developed his ideas on a summit meeting and European security, and listened as the French President expounded his views on the same questions. For Adenauer’s account of these conversations, see Erinnerungen, 1959–1963, pages 15–21.
On December 4, Guenther Klein paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Dowling and reported that the Chancellor felt De Gaulle’s position on Berlin was firmer than that of Macmillan. (Despatch 902 from Bonn, December 7; Department of State, Central Files, 762A.00/12–759)