Bonn Embassy files, lot 58 M 27, D(52)1317
No. 59
The Chancellor of
the Federal Republic of Germany to the High Commissioners of the United States, the
United Kingdom, and France
Mr. High Commissioner: I have the honour, in reply to your letter of 26 May 19521 to confirm that your letter, and the list enclosed with it, constitute the communication referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Chapter One of the Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and the Occupation.2
[Page 164]In the course of the negotiations, my representatives have declared that the inclusion in this list of treaties and international agreements referring to the Saar, and the consequent assumption of certain undertakings by the Federal Republic with regard to these treaties and international agreements referring to the Saar, does not imply any recognition by the Federal Republic of the present status of the Saar. I repeat this declaration and would be grateful if you would confirm that the inclusion in the list of certain treaties and agreements referring to the Saar does not constitute any recognition by the Federal Republic of the present status of the Saar.3
- For the High Commissioners’ letter of May 26 and the attached list of technical agreements or understandings with foreign countries made by one or more of the three occupying powers on behalf of one or more of the Western zones of Germany, see Cmd. 8571, pp. 144–172.↩
- See ibid., pp. 75–135, or Senate Q and R, pp. 25–88.↩
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On May 26 the High Commissioners sent this reply to the Chancellor’s letter:
↩“We have the honour, in reply to your letter of 26 May 1952, to confirm that the Governments of the Three Powers agree that the inclusion in the list of certain treaties and agreements enclosed with our letter of 26 May 1952, referring to the Saar, does not constitute any recognition by the Federal Republic of the present status of the Saar.” (Bonn Embassy files, lot 58 M 27, D(52)1317)