Editorial Note
At the conclusion of their meetings at Washington, September 10–14, the Foreign Ministers of the United States, United Kingdom, and France issued a communiqué, which stated in part:
“The Ministers believe that the agreements now to be reached with the Federal Government should provide the basis for its relationship to their countries until a peace settlement with a unified Germany becomes possible. The division of Germany, however, prevents the conclusion of such a settlement at this time. This division and the security problem confronting the Federal Republic obliges the Allies to retain, in the common interest, certain special rights but only in relation to the stationing of armed forces in Germany and the protection of the security of those forces, as well as to questions affecting Berlin and Germany as a whole, including the eventual peace settlement and the peaceful reunification of Germany.”
For the full text of the communiqué, see page 1306.