Editorial Note
On October 10 Grotewohl addressed the Volkskammer with regard to the Bundestag proposals of September 27 and stated that they left unanswered whether the Federal Republic agreed to hold all-German talks and whether such talks should deal with the questions of holding all-German elections for a National Assembly and the conclusion of a German peace treaty. Grotewohl also declared that the negotiations concerning a new contractual relationship and the Federal Republic’s [Page 1796] inclusion in the Atlantic Pact or a European Army must be suspended.
The Volkskammer then adopted another appeal, echoing Grotewohl’s position, but stating that the majority of the Bundestag proposals were acceptable subject to answers to the two questions posed by Grotewohl. For the text of the Volkskammer appeal, see Folliot, Documents on International Affairs, 1951, pages 282–283, or Documents on German Unity, volume I, page 217; extracts from Grotewhol’s address are printed ibid., pages 214–216 and in Efforts Made to Re-establish the Unity of Germany, pages 50–52; for the full text of the address, see Grotewohl, Im Kampf um DDR, pages 524–542.