Full text : Das Saarland zwischen Frankreich, Deutschland und Europa

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Adenauer  und  die  bundesdeutsche  Innenpolitik
in  britischer  Analyse

Im  Gegensatz  zu  der  Position  von  Porter  befürwortet  der  neue  Leiter  des  German
Political  Department  im  Foreign  Office  William  D.  Allen  in  seiner  für  Außenminister
  Ernest  Bevin  verfassten  Denkschrift  eine  schärfere  Linie  gegenüber  der  Bundesrepublik.
  Aufgrund  seiner  Besprechungen  mit  dem  deutschen  Bundeskanzler  befürchtet
  er  eine  Instrumentalisierung  der  heftigen  öffentlichen  Reaktionen  in  der
Bundesrepublik  auf  die  zwischen  Frankreich  und  dem  Saarland  abgeschlossenen
Konventionen  für  eine  offensivere  Saar-Politik  der  Bundesregierung.  Er  empfiehlt
daher  ein  abgestuftes  Vorgehen  gegenüber  der  Bundesrepublik,  das  die  Gemeinsamkeiten
  der  drei  Alliierten  in  der  Deutschlandpolitik  betont.'1
Denkschrift  des  Leiters  der  Deutschlandabteilung  im  britischen
Außenministerium  William  D.  Allen  für  Außenminister  Ernest  Bevin.
6.3.1950
National  Archives  -  Foreign  Office,  FO  371/85063/C  1718/34/18.
The  Saar
Sir  I.  Kirkpatrick  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Cairo  on  the  24th  January  a
minute  setting  out  the  history  of  the  difficulties  that  had  blown  up  over  this
question.  The  main  point  that  emerged  from  this  review  was  that  since  the  war  we
had  given  the  French  Government  clear  assurances  of  support  for  their  general  plan
of  detaching  the  Saar  from  Germany  both  politically  and  economically  and  for
attaching  it  economally  to  France,  subject  to  final  settlement  by  a  peace  treaty,  and
that  this  being  so  we  should  not  be  justified  in  raising  any  objection  of  principle  to
the  agreements  which  the  French  Government  were  now  proposing  to  conclude
with  the  Saar  Government.
The  French  made  known  their  intention  to  conclude  these  agreements  last  December.
  There  was  an  outcry  in  Germany,  which  reached  its  peak  at  the  time  of  M.
Schuman’s  visit  to  Bonn  in  January.  We  made  it  clear  at  that  time  that  the  French
Government  enjoyed  our  general  support,  and  the  outcry  to  some  extent  subsided.
The  French  kept  us  informed  throughout  of  what  they  were  doing  and  showed  us
the  drafts  of  their  proposed  agreements  before  their  recent  negotiations  with  the
Saar  Government  began.  We  made  certain  comments  on  these  drafts,  the  more  im-12
 Zum  Zusammenhang  vgl.  KERKHOFF,  Großbritannien,  S.  106  ff;  W.  SCHUMACHER,  Konventionsverhandlungen.
  Texte  der  Konventionen  bei  MENZEL,  Gesetzgebung  und  Abkommen,
S.  242  ff,  und  auszugsweise  bei  R.  SCHMIDT,  Saarpolitik,  Bd.  2,  S.  681  ff.

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