European Unity
Documents from 30 June 1954 to 13 June 1956Identity Statement
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Carr, Mary
Content and Structure
File pertaining to US concerns for European Integration and restoration of German Sovereignty and the establishment of the European Defence Community (EDC), includes: text of address by American Ambassador to France, Douglas Dillon, to the Anglo-American Press Association, states that EDC is complementary mechanism to NATO. - Press statement by John Foster Dulles reiterating that European integration is vital to peace and security. - Statements by Dulles on decision of US Senate to restore German Sovereignty, the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with FRG, Oct. 1954 and the Mutual Security Bill, May 1955. - Joint communique issued at the conclusion of talks between Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Dulles regarding the re-unification of Germany as priority of the West.
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The originals are held in various Archives and Presidential Libraries in the USA