396.1 LO/2–1952
Paper Agreed Upon by Secretary of State Acheson, Foreign Secretary Eden, Foreign Minister Schuman, and Chancellor Adenauer 1
Security Controls
a. agreed text of letter to be sent by the german federal chancellor to [ edc ] governments
Having regard to the existing international tension and to the fact that the Federal Republic is in a strategically exposed position in the sense of Article 4(d) of the Treaty establishing the European Defence Community, the Federal Government will not consider it a case of discrimination that the European Defence Commissariat in issuing licenses for the production of such armaments as are enumerated in List 2 of the Treaty will not place any orders with plants in the Federal Republic except in conformity with a general instruction of the Council of Ministers’. This, however, is based on the supposition that the German contingents in the European Defence Community will not be treated on a less favourable basis in respect of their supply with armaments of the above types which are necessary to fulfill their assigned tasks in the defence of Europe than the contingents of other member states of the European Defence Community, irrespective of the sources from which they will be supplied.
With regard to research in the fields of the above armaments, the Federal Government is likewise prepared to prevent such research except as it may be requested by the European Defence Community. This does not apply, of course, to scientific research directed towards [Page 105] medical, industrial and other non-military developments in pure and practical science.
b. agreed text of letter to be sent by the german federal chancellor to the british and united states governments
Upon ratification of the Treaty establishing the E.D.C. the content of the Treaty will become German domestic law. This accordingly applies likewise in regard to the provisions concerning the limitation of armaments production in the member states of the E.D.C. The prohibitions laid down also have effect as regards the United Kingdom and the United States.