Evening star., 1955-09-09
Excerpts From Remarks
OF Adenouer in Moscow

! in Moscow
be created. the Federal Republic
viii not withhold its co-opera-
ltion.
Refers to Note
Mr.. Prime Minister, in your
note of June Z conveying your
Invitation you emphasized as
your guiding thought the NOR
Imalization Of the relations be-
tween the Soviet Union and the
German Federal Republic.
think that. in so doing, you
summarized what is also our
wish as regards the shaping oi
Jour relations with the peoples
|of the Soviet Union: namely,
peace, security, economic CO.
operation and the avoidance Of
tension. and therefore it is GER
|tainly correct when you say in
your note that "the interests
|of peace and European security
las well as the national interests
'of the Soviet and the German
peoples require" normalization.
But what can be done to bring
about such normalization? I do
not think 1t will suffice to put
law war. to create security sys-
TENS. and to establish. so to
speak in q mechanical way. Dip
lofnatic, economic and cultural
relations. Rather. / am deeply
convinced that a genuine nor
malization can onS' be attained
III one looks into the causes
which are rendering the present
relationship between us abnor-
NAL and If all efforts are made
TO remove these causes.
Permit me to begin with the
question of the release Of those
Germans who. are still at present
held In custody within the terri
tories or sphere Of influence Of
the Soviet Union or are other
wise being prevented from leay-
ing this area. ! am exclusively
concerned with the human as
|pect Of the matter
Not Provocative
You should not take it as a
provocative statement If ] say:
It Is unthinkable to establish
normal" relations between our
states so long as this question
remains unsolved. It is not a
"pre-condition" which ! make.
What I am speaking Of here is
normalization in itself. Let US
resolutely draw line under a
matter which is q daily reminder
of a woeful and dividing past.
The other problem Is the ma
tional unity of Germany. We
are, believe. in agreement with
you that the division Of Ger
many creates an intolerable sit
|uation and that Germany's unity
must be re-estahlished.
/ think we are also agreed
that the establishment Of this
unity constitutes an obligation
arising for the four powers. who
after the collapse Of national
socialist Germany assumed the
supreme power in Germany from
their Joint responsibility for q
Germany as q whole. :.
=. you have agreed with the
three Western powers also to
discuss this problem at Geneva.
1t is not my intention to confuse
the proceedings which are to lead
Ito the unification by opening up
Ia channel for bilateral talks in
dependent of four-power nego-
Itiation.
But I am duty-bound to avail
myself of the opportunity offered
Iby this meeting to represent to
you urgently the full seriousness
Iof this question. and to discuss 1t
with you in order to facilitate
and further your task at Geneva.
After the four powers will have
cleared the road. it will be the
task of the German people to
consolidate. internally and ex-
ternally, the house Of the all
German state in free self-deter-
mination and conscious Of their
responsibility for creating good
neighborly relations in Europe
and for strengthening peace
throughout the world.
No Pre- Conditions
Here again I must repeat: I
do not make any pre-conditions.
but what I am speaking Of. here
is normalization In itself. The
division of Germany Is abnor-
NAL It is against human and
divine law and against nature.
Nor can I find 1t useful to
argue that it is reality" because
the decisive aspect of 1t. which
can be called a reality is COM
mon conviction that 1t must and
cannot be allowed to subsist.
Let us try to make a step
forward in this direction during
our talks. Otherwise. we face
the danger that a center Of ten
sion Of the first magnitude viii
continue to exist In the heart Of
Europe. There Is no genuine
security in Europe without es-
tablishment of German unity.
I know the objections that a