CELEX: 11951K/ECL
Language: en
Date: 1951-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community - Exchange of letters between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the French Republic concerning the Saar

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11951K/ECL

Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community - Exchange of letters between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the French Republic concerning the Saar  

Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community - Exchange of letters between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the French Republic concerning the Saar[TRANSLATION]THE FEDERAL CHANCELLORAND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS  Paris, 18 April 1951 His Excellency President Robert Schuman,Minister for Foreign Affairs,ParisSir,The representatives of the Federal Government have several times declared in the course of the negotiations on the European Coal and Steel Community that the status of the Saar can be finally settled only by the Peace Treaty or a similar Treaty. Furthermore, they have declared in the course of the negotiations that in signing the Treaty the Federal Government is not expressing recognition of the present status of the Saar.I would repeat this declaration and would ask you to confirm that the French Government agrees with the Federal Government that the status of the Saar can be finally settled only by the Peace Treaty or a similar Treaty and that the French Government does not view the Federal Government's signature of the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty as recognition by the Federal Government of the present status of the Saar.I am, Sir,(Signed) ADENAUER[TRANSLATION] Paris, 18 April 1951 Sir,In reply to your letter of 18 April 1951, the French Government notes that the Federal Government in signing the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community does not intend recognition of the present status of the Saar.The French Government declares, in accordance with its own point of view, that it is acting on behalf of the Saar by virtue of the present status of the latter but does not view the Federal Government's signature of the Treaty as recognition by the Federal Government of the present status of the Saar. It is not its understanding that the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community prejudges the final status of the Saar, which is a matter for the Peace Treaty or a Treaty in place thereof.I am, Sir,(Signed) SCHUMANDr Konrad ADENAUER,Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairsof the Federal Republic of Germany