Significance Of Germany's Bi-Lateral Treaty

Chronicle (Levin), 17 December 1949, Page 5

Significance Of Germany's Bi-Lateral Treaty

Received Friday 8,30 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 16. The United States and West German Federal Republic last night . signed a bi-lateral treaty which made Westem Germany a 'full partner in j the European Recovery Programme states The Times' Bonn correspondent. It was the first major international agreement to be signed by the Republic sinces its formation in September, and the signing of it- was made a ceremonial occasion which fittingly emphasised the significance^ of the event.

Under the glare of are lamps and I the whirr of cinematograph cameras, I Alr John McCloy, American High Com I missioner, signed the doeument, tied I with the traditional red tape, for thc I United States, and Dr. Adenauer sign ed for the Republic. This over, Alr AIc I Clov in a brief speech -emphasised thul I the agreement marked not only a de I termined step forward in the emergence I of a new Germany, but advanced thc eause of true European co-operatiori I which was one of the major goals in thv European Recovery Programme. Dr. Adenauer, in his reply, rpferred ] to the need to uphold the traditional values of European eulture through eco nomic recovery so that Western Germany should be a bulwark against de structive forces working from optside Western Germany now had a chance te co-operate " as an independent partner and she would discharge her duty to her people and to Europe, he added. The agreement is a long and comph eated doeument, but is basically the same as that intp- which the othei countries receiving Alarshall Aid hav« entered. ; f.r