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

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Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • List of abbreviations and symbols
  • List of persons
  • List of photographs and charts
  • Charts
  • Germany
    • I. Negotiations leading to the Washington agreements on Germany, April 1949:
      • A. The London intergovernmental (tripartite) discussions, January-April 1949, with regard to the occupation statute, principles of trizonal fusion, and the status of Kehl (Documents 1–37)
      • B. Other discussions, January-April 1949, with regard to the formulation of United States policy on Germany (Documents 38–56)
      • C. Meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom at Washington, April 6–8, 1949 (Documents 57–64)
      • D. Documents agreed to by the Foreign Ministers (Documents 65–66)
    • II. The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany:
      • 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)
    • III. The formation of the “German Democratic Republic” (Documents 235–265)
    • IV. Reparations and restitutions
      • A. Tripartite and other discussions, January–April 1949: negotiation of agreements on prohibited and restricted industries in Germany and on revision of the reparations dismantling list; report of the Humphrey Committee (Documents 266–293)
      • B. Discussion of dismantling and other related matters, October–November 1949 (Documents 294–320)
    • V. The diplomacy of the Berlin crisis:
      • A. Participation by the United States in discussions at Geneva, January–March 1949, of the report of the Technical Committee on Berlin currency and trade (the “Neutral Committee”) (Documents 321–354)
      • B. The Jessup-Malik conversations, March 15–May 4, 1949 (Documents 355–377)
      • C. The negotations of the Military Governors in Berlin concerning the restoration of trade and communications (Documents 378–404)
      • D. United States policy in the event of the reimposition of the Berlin blockade (Documents 405–421)
      • E. The Berlin railroad strike (Documents 422–434)
  • Council of Foreign Ministers
    • VI. The sixth session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Paris, May 23–June 20, 1949:
      • A. Preparations for the Council sessions (Documents 435–458)
      • B. Proceedings of the sixth session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (Documents 459–509)
      • C. Documents of the sixth session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (Documents 510–522)
  • Austria
    • VII. Participation by the United States in negotiations for a treaty for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria:
      • A. The meetings of the Deputies for Austria of the Council of Foreign Ministers, February 9–May 10, 1949 (Documents 523–543)
      • B. The meetings of the Deputies for Austria of the Council of Foreign Ministers, July 1–September 1, 1949 (Documents 544–562)
      • C. The unagreed articles of the draft treaty for the reestablishment of an independent and democratic Austria (Document 563)
      • D. The meetings of the Deputies for Austria of the Council of Foreign Ministers, September 23–December 16, 1949 (Documents 564–595)
    • VIII. The efforts of the United States to assure maintenance of the independence and integrity of Austria:
      • A. The interest of the United States in the question of relaxing quadripartite controls on Austrian political parties; the national elections on October 9, 1949 (Documents 596–618)
      • B. The interest of the United States in the formation of a future Austrian army and the arming of the Austrian police and gendarmerie (Documents 619–640)
      • C. Problems of occupation: United States concern over occupation costs; efforts to transfer greater authority to the Austrian government; the course of future United States policy with respect to Austria (Documents 641–661)
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