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  4. II. The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany:

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, Council of Foreign Ministers; Germany and Austria, Volume III

II. The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. ii, pp. 375 ff.


Contents

    • A. Negotiations culminating in the promulgation of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, May 23, 1949 (Documents 67-112)
      • B. Relations of the United States with other governments and with the Federal Republic of Germany with regard to German problems: establishment of the Allied High Commission for Germany; promulgation of the Electoral Law for the Western zones of Germany; objections by the Soviet Union and others to the formation of a separate government for Western Germany; the question of German rearmament; discussions on the political and economic status of the Federal Republic of Germany (Documents 113-147)
        • C. The status of Berlin: tripartite and quadripartite negotiations looking toward “normalization” of the status of Berlin; the questions of including Berlin as the 12th Land in the Federal Republic of Germany (Documents 148-192)
          • D. Rectification of the western frontier of Germany (Documents 193-196)
            • E. The devaluation of the German mark (Documents 197-212)
              • F. West German participation in international organizations (Documents 213-234)

              Council of Foreign Ministers; Germany and Austria

              • Preface
              • Introduction
              • List of abbreviations and symbols
              • List of persons
              • List of photographs and charts
              • Charts
              • Germany (Documents 1-434)
                • II. The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany: (Documents 67-234)
                • Council of Foreign Ministers (Documents 435-522)
                  • Austria (Documents 523-661)
                    • Index

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