Council of Foreign Ministers Report 5, Revised Draft, Territorial Questions
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OCR Page 1 of 9DECLASSIFIED
C.F.M.
No. 5
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
REVISED DRAFT
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
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By NLT, H . NARS Date 4.22.75
TERRITORIAL QUESTIONS
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A.
Statement of the Problem
Boundary changes in their own favor have been proposed
by the following countries: the Netherlands, Luxembourg,
France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the USSR, while
Denmark has pleaded for the rights of the Danish minority
in Germany, and Yugoslavia for those of the Lusatians.
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France has proposed a special status for the Saar, and
Austria has asked for special rights in the Berchtesgaden
area. In settling these claims, the CFM will have to decide
not only on the areas to be ceded, but also on the exact
delimitation of new boundaries, the status of svecial areas,
and all other Cerritorial problems.
B.
Discussion of the Problem
1. General Considerations. US policy on German boundary
questions was defined by former Secretary of State Byrnes
in his stuttgart speech as follows: the US recognizes
the following claims on German territory as legitimate:
(a) The Soviet claim to northern East Prussia;
(b) The French claim for economic integration of
the Saar with France;
(c) Poland's claim for a revision of its 1937 boundary
in its favor, a revision the exact extent of which
is still to be determined by the peace settlement.
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