Details

Subject(s)

• Politics and government [Browse]
• Foreign relations [Browse]
• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—1906-1966—Sources [Browse]
• Germany [Browse]

Related name

• Great Britain. Foreign Office [Browse]
• Coherent Digital (Firm) [Browse]

Series

• General Correspondence from 1906-1966 (Great Britain. Foreign Office. Political Departments) ; FO371-145843. [More in this series]
• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FO371: Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966 ; FO371-145843

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1953-1960: Module 1
• History Commons

Summary note

A file containing documents relating to preparations for an East-West summit meeting. Documents in the file include British Parliamentary Questions about Polish and Czechoslovak attendance at a summit, and about the possible referral to the International Court of Justice of the Soviet decision to transfer its responsibilities in Eastern Germany to the East German government. Other documents in the file include draft replies to a Soviet diplomatic note -- and West German plans for the staged reunification of Germany and for a plebiscite on reunification. Further documents include an update on the progress of the Western working group preparing for East-West negotiations -- and a summary of a North Atlantic Council meeting discussing Germany. Subjects discussed in the file include Canadian and Dutch views on Western positioning for the summit -- the case for Italian representation at a summit meeting -- and a West German proposal to discuss reunification issues with East German representatives.

Notes

• File date: 1959.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 1989.

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