Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Mov./Addre DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON April 24, 1950 DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, for 3-402 T OP S E Guidelinz, March 6, 1982 State By Dept. DEB NLT, Date OF TELEGRAMS GERMANY We have informed High Commissioner McCloy in Frankfort of our concern over recent statements by German leaders which indicate a growing tendency on the part of the West German government and its opposition to proceed "more cautiously" in associating West Germany with the western community of nations. We feel that these statements may reflect a tendency to refrain from taking sides in the east-west struggle, a tendency in turn symptomatic of a cer- tain amount of disillusionment over the role West Germany may play in the immediate future in Western Europe and in the European Council. We consider it important, regardless of the reasons underlying the views which German leaders have expressed, to disabuse them of any notion that the present east-west split can be used to wring concessions from the west. While we agree that the western allies should affect closer German association with the western community, we also believe that the Germans should have no illusions about the ultimate result of attempts on their part to use the east-west situation in Germany as a bargaining weapon. Such attempts could result only in an undermining of western confidence in the German people and in the creation of a climate not con- ducive to the granting of broader powers to the West German state. FRANCE Commenting on French Premier Bidault's recent proposal favoring establishment of a "High Atlantic Council for Peace", we have informed Ambassador Bruce in Paris that in general we attach great importance to the consolidation of the North Atlantic area through effective coordination of western policies and through concerted action in their execution. We are prepared to work with the countries of western Europe toward closer cooperation in the political, economic, and military fields; and we consider it urgent that Germany be tied in with the west in political and economic fields in such a way that Germany's potentialities can be securely integrated with the west, convincing the Germans that their best interests are served there- - by. While continuous high-level coordination between the US, UK and TOP