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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1964-1968 Volume XV Germany and Berlin DEPARTMENT OF STATE Washington, DC Book Index R-Z

Radio in the American Sector (RIAS), 94, 651-652
Rankin, Jeanette, 400
Rapacki, Adam, 238-239, 432, 489, 609
Rapacki Plan, 91, 590
Rasner, Will, 410
Read, Benjamin H., 72, 552n, 618, 662n, 685
Red Cross, 349
Reedy, George E., 119, 121, 126, 292
Rehs (FRG), 149
Reinkemeyer (FRG), 66
Reunification of Germany (see also Oder-Neisse line question; Peace and reunification planning):

Allied communiqué on, 195, 197-201, 249-250, 307, 343-344
British EEC membership as aid to, 602
British-FRG talks on, 284
British position, 63, 131, 200, 205, 526
British-U.S. talks on, 244-246
Bulgarian position, 315
Cold War and, 597
Czech invasion, effect on, 733-735
Czech position, 315, 600, 605
Disarmament as prelude to, 245, 262
Dissolution of alliances and, 599-600
Division of Germany, made palatable, 601-605
Eastern European position, 105, 107
Europeanization of, 265, 274
French-FRG talks on, 193-194, 220-221, 224-225
French position, 31, 63, 200, 220-221, 363, 720

FRG view of, 173, 201, 223, 406
U.S. view of, 140, 205, 229, 235, 526

French-U.S. talks on, 225-229, 249-250, 326-327
GDR position, 121-122
FRG position, 31-33, 83-84, 191, 240, 473, 568
German reassociation, 605-606
Historical perspective, 595-597
Hungarian position, 105, 315
Italian position, 242
Long-term perspective, 731
Memorandum on, 327-330, 333-334
NATO role, 240
Neutralization of Germany, 36, 85, 582
Peaceful achievement of, 237
POLAD Meeting on East/West Relations, 397
Polish position, 105, 315-316, 322, 600
Post-election prospect for, 306-308
Quadripartite Foreign Ministers talks on, 335-340, 466-468
Reaffirmations of commitment to, 106, 311-313, 442-443
Referendum on, proposed, 3-4
Romanian position, 105, 315
Soviet-German deal, 600
Soviet position, 84, 107, 194, 199, 234, 312, 315-316, 322, 329, 356, 503, 596
Soviet-U.S. talks on, 175-179, 185-187, 212
Statement of principles on, 344-345
Tension as obstacle to, 363-365
Transitional planning for, 2-3
U.S.-FRG talks, 172-174, 191-194, 275, 283-284, 355-356
U.S. position, 14-15, 104, 188-189, 200, 210-212, 316, 322-323, 380, 522-526, 531, 665-666
Western concessions toward, 11
Western integration and, 597-599, 602
Western reaffirmation of responsibility for, 106

Reuter, Ernst, 470
Rey, Jean, 545
RIAS. See Radio in the American Sector.
Rieger, Walter, 728
Roberts, Chalmers, 579n
ROC. See China, Republic of.
Rockefeller, Nelson A., 118
Romania (see also Romanian subheadings under other subjects), 432

Berlin crises, 643-644
Czech crisis, effect of, 722
FRG, relations with, 269, 281, 412, 486, 489, 507, 566, 613, 665
FRG, trade with, 89, 730
Hallstein Doctrine, 465
Soviet threat to, 733-734, 739, 745, 758, 768
Soviet Union, relations with, 338, 361, 566, 603, 703
United States, relations with, 682n
Western trade with, 287

Romney, George, 115
Roosa bonds, 417, 419, 422
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 404
Roshchin, 617, 637
Rostow, Eugene V., 569, 658, 684, 691-692, 694
Rostow, Walt W., 104n, 311n, 417n, 497n, 743n

Atlantic Alliance, 561
Berlin, 643, 757-760
Berlin access restrictions, 679-682, 691, 694, 716-717
British EEC membership, 728-729
Commission on Germany and Central Europe, 98-99
Czechoslovakia, 731
Eastern Europe, 496, 633-634, 643, 730-731
FRG defense budget levels, 554
FRG malaise, 233-234
FRG policy toward the Soviet bloc, 622
International liquidity, 540
Kennedy Round, 631
Military offset payments, 413, 420, 428-429, 486, 626-627, 633
Multilateral Force, 407-408
Nonproliferation treaty, 439, 593, 622, 633-637
Political situation in the FRG, 385-386, 632
Reunification of Germany, 132, 195-197, 215, 327, 333, 522-526
Southeast Asia, 438
Soviet propaganda campaign against the FRG, 758-760
Technical cooperation on space, 436-437
Troop level reductions, 563
U.S.-FRG relations, 93-94, 103, 372, 374, 481n, 488n

Confidence-building in, 560
German political struggle over, 504-505
Kiesinger visit, 501n, 569, 580
Rumors, effect on, 652-653

Vietnam conflict, 630-632

Roth, William, 350
Ruete, Hans, 172, 182, 429, 630, 659-660, 688-690, 701, 708
Rumania. See Romania.
Rusk, Dean, 95n, 119-120, 104n, 126-127, 478n, 520, 545, 567, 731n, 765, 766, 770n

Berlin, 451, 611, 614, 620-621, 759-760, 761-764

Access restrictions, 672, 680, 682-683, 693, 695, 698-708, 711-714, 716, 772-773
Incidents of harassment in, 298-299, 310

Brandt, talks with, 89-93
Czechoslovakia, 738-742
Defense budget levels, 576-577
Defense strategies, 577-578
East Berlin, 160, 309
Eastern Europe, 151, 216, 218, 284-288, 361-362

FRG relations with, 394, 396n, 488-489, 547, 590, 606-607

EEC, 145, 545, 776
European security, 364-365, 566-567
French-FRG relations, 292-293, 765-766
French-U.S. relations, 203, 774-775
German border issues, 245
GDR-FRG relations, 411-412, 469, 546-547
FRG loan prepayments, 367
International liquidity, 575
Kennedy Round, 350-351, 376, 437
Military offset payments, 366-367, 370-371, 377, 428-429, 765
Multilateral force, 52
NATO, 289-290, 543, 575-578
Nonproliferation treaty, 476, 542-543, 573-574, 622-623, 636, 746747
Nuclear defense, 330-331, 423-426, 428
Oder-Neisse line issue, 60-61
Polish-FRG relations, 342
Reunification of Germany, 105-107, 188, 210, 568

Four-Power Council on, 179, 182-183, 198, 216
French-U.S. talks on, 225-229, 326
FRG draft initiative, 8, 15-16, 26, 58-61, 62-68
Memorandum on, 327, 333-334
Quadripartite Foreign Ministers talks on, 335, 337-338, 340, 466
Soviet-U.S. talks on, 175-179, 185-187
Three-power initiative on, 70-72, 76-78, 82-85
U.S.-British initiative, 18-19, 24-25, 45
U.S.-FRG talks on, 172-174, 191-194, 283, 355-356
Western Three Declaration on, 259-261, 342

Romania, 758
Soviet downing of U.S. aircraft, 41-43
Soviet-GDR friendship treaty, 108-109, 114, 121-123, 126
Soviet-FRG relations, 146-147, 526, 747-749
Soviet-U.S. relations, 431-432, 490, 565
SPD/SED debates, 360-361
Troop level reductions, 202, 399-401, 416, 520-521, 568

By the FRG, 563-564, 576

U.S.-FRG-relations, 273, 442-443, 456, 514, 657, 750, 773-777

Anti-Americanism, 103, 718-719
Confidence-building in, 560
Confidentiality, 368-369
Consultations, 516, 518, 520, 544
Kiesinger visit, 569
Need for improvements, 493, 497-498
Rumors, effect of, 648, 652-655
Washington Post article on, 129-130

Vietnam conflict, 247, 341, 345-346, 369-370, 470, 619, 642
Yugoslav-FRG relations, 612

Russell, Richard, 403-404, 723, 768

Saar agreement, Oct. 1956, 3n
Sahm, Ulrich, 569, 573, 592
Saragat, Giuseppe, 531
Scandinavia, 635
Schaetzel, J. Robert, 103, 104n, 367-369, 645, 647-648, 653
Scheske, Ulrich, 172, 182, 242-243
Schiller, Karl, 23, 459, 509-510, 541-542, 550, 574-575, 627
Schilling, Wolf, 701
Schmid, Carlo, 60
Schmidt, Helmut, 551, 622, 749
Schmuecker, Kurt, 46
Schneider, Freddy, 721, 731
Schnippenkoetter, Swidbert, 440, 569, 573, 594
Schoellhorn, 509, 541
Schricke (France), 708
Schroeder, Georg, 234
Schroeder, Gerhard:

Balance-of-payments meeting, 726-727
Berlin, 205
CDU/CSU internal disputes, 204
Cyprus, 126
Czech crisis, 721-722, 730-732, 738
Defense budget levels, 744-745
Eastern Europe, 218, 269-270, 284, 394-396
European security, 362-365
European unity, 145-146
French-FRG relations, 274, 292, 619
French political situation, 732
FRG foreign policy, 65-69, 169-171, 195-196, 733
GDR-FRG relations, 238
Grand Coalition, 620
Kennedy Round, 350, 352
Khrushchev visit proposal, 167
Military offset payments, 368, 429, 619, 655-656
Multilateral Force, 192, 324, 476
NATO, 284, 498, 725
Nuclear defense, 423, 426-428
Oder-Neisse line, 148-149
Personality of, 331-332
Polish-FRG relations, 342-343
Political weakness, 65-67, 70-71, 78
PRC-FRG relations, 119-120
Reunification of Germany, 94, 105-107, 168, 226, 568

Allied communiqué on, 197-198, 307
Four-Power Council, 182-184, 197-200
FRG draft peace initiative, 59-62, 65-67
Quadripartite Foreign Ministers talks on, 335-336, 338-340
Three-power initiative on, 70-71, 76-78, 82-85
U.S.-British initiative, '9, 24, 37-38, 45
U.S.-FRG talks on, 172-174, 193, 283-284
U.S. position, 188-189, 191, 194, 212

Soviet-GDR friendship treaty, 121-123, 125
Soviet-FRG relations, 101, 181
SPD/SED debates, 360-361
Troop level reduction, 435, 520, 570, 588, 722-724, 732, 776
UN membership for the GDR, 365
U.S.-FRG relations, 211, 234, 273, 356, 368, 491, 504, 515, 618
Vietnam conflict, 145, 341, 345, 369, 721-722, 724
Western Three Declaration on Germany, 261-262, 264-269, 342
Western trade with the GDR, 270-272

Schuetz, Klaus, 89, 91, 94, 304, 484, 649-650, 764

Berlin, 615, 620-621, 650-652, 703
Berlin access restrictions, 662, 664, 680, 683
Emergency Law, inapplicability of, 683, 704
NATO, 496, 498

Schulze-Boysen, Hartmut, 569, 573
Schwarzhaupt (FRG), 373
Scranton, William, 115, 118
Seebohm, Hans C., 110, 149, 211
Seibt, Dankmar, 121, 284
Semenov, Vladimir S., 175, 185, 450
Senate, U.S. (see also Congress, U.S.):

Appropriations Committee, 723
Armed Services Committee, 528n
Democratic Policy Committee, 398n, 399, 402, 405, 520-521
Foreign Relations Committee, 402, 528n, 677
FRG trade with the PRC, 391
Government Operations Committee-Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations, 378, 402
Nonproliferation treaty, 747
Presidential relations with, 398-404
Spanish bases, 766
Troop level reductions, 775

Servan-Schreiber, Jacques, 728-729
Seydak (FRG), 473
Seydoux de Claussone, Francois, 296, 300-301, 303, 640, 708, 712-713
Shriver, Sargent, 81
Shullaw, J. Harold, 244
Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 110n
Simon, Klaus, 172, 264, 283-284
Singapore, 557
Sino-Soviet conflict, 9, 13, 15

Eastern European response to, 153
French position, 474, 482
GDR exploitation of, 336
FRG position, 364-365, 405
Ideological evolution, slowed by, 602
Radio jamming, 92
Soviet-GDR friendship treaty, 131
Soviet preoccupation with, 91, 338, 565
U.S. position, 703, 719

Smirnov, Andrei A., 53
Smith, Arnold, 240
Smith, Bromley, 429n, 436n, 438n, 674n
Smith, Gerard, 103, 104n, 146
Smith, Kingsbury, 407
Soenksen, Claus, 569, 573
Solomon, Anthony, 350
Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, 691, 694-695
Southeast Asia (see also Vietnam conflict):

Amount of weaponry in, 415
Regionalism, 728
U.S. involvement in, 234, 296, 425, 438, 525, 531, 725, 738

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 66, 520, 576
Soviet bloc. See East-West relations; East-West trade; Eastern Europe; Soviet Union.
Soviet Union (see also Access issues under Berlin; Sino-Soviet conflict; Soviet Union and Soviet subheadings under other subjects):

Berlin clause, 167
Bulgaria, relations with, 361, 738
Communist leaders meeting, Mar. 1965, 181
Communist Party 23d Congress, 357
Eastern Europe, relations with, 338, 664
Economic situation, 9, 603
France, relations with, 9-10, 273n, 362, 474, 624-626, 644
GDR, relations with, see under German Democratic Republic
FRG, relations with, 53, 60, 76, 269, 502-503, 710

Exchange of renunciation-of-force declarations, 380, 591-592, 702
French position, 412
FRG position, 486, 547, 550, 552, 565-566, 612
Humanitarian issues, 467, 525-526
Improvements in, 545, 547-548
Karlovy-Vary meeting, 738
Non-use of force agreement, 547, 614-615
Soviet isolation of the FRG, 595
Soviet position, 335-337, 507, 524, 550, 588
Soviet propaganda attacks, 747-750, 758-760, 777
Tsarapkin visit to Trier leftists, 670
U.S. position, 73, 101, 142-144, 146-147, 275-276, 321-322, 607-608

Hungary, relations with, 105, 603, 738
Ideological evolution in, 602-603
Mediterranean naval presence of, 764, 768, 775
Most-favored nation status for, 50
NATO, effect of, 746
Nonproliferation treaty, 424
Prisoners, 423
Result of weakness in, 404
Romania, relations with, 338, 361, 566, 603, 703
Trade:

Italian pipeline sales, 51
U.S. wheat sales, 84, 90
Western long-term credits, 9-12, 49-51, 248

Troop level reductions, 25, 529, 545, 568, 585
United Kingdom, relations with, 9, 615
United States, relations with, 175n, 404, 423-424, 431-432, 534, 682n

Civil Air Agreement, Nov., 1966, 40, 423, 490
Consular agreement, 490, 538-539, 565
Downing of U.S. aircraft, 16, 39-43, 56-57, 160-161
FRG position, 493-494, 530-531, 565, 583
Improvements in, 142-144, 538-539
Troop level reductions, 398-399
Vietnam conflict, effect on, 490, 565

U.S. policy, 239

Spaak, Paul-Henri, 239
Spain, 766
Spangenberg (FRG), 357, 359
Special Committee on U.S. Trade Relations with Eastern European Countries and the Soviet Union, 271n
Special Drawing Rights, 645
Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) No. 11-5-64, 17
Der Spiegel, 280
Spiers, Ronald I., 182, 264, 344-345
Spivy, Gen. B. E., 511-512
Springer, Axel, 593-594
Springsteen, George S., 701, 708
Stackelberg, Baron Herbert A. von, 105, 737
Staden, Berndt von, 108, 191, 222, 253-256, 258, 345, 442, 569, 573, 620
Stalin, Josef, 178, 597
Starchinov (USSR), 358
Stennis, John, 399, 401, 403-404
Stern, 655
Stewart, Michael (UK Foreign Secretary):

Berlin access limitations, 708, 713, 715, 759
Berlin clauses, 270
British trade with the GDR, 272
European security, 362-363
NATO, 765
Reunification of Germany, 244-245, 264, 267-269, 334
SPD/SED debates, 360-361
Visit to Moscow, Nov.-Dec. 1965, 337

Stewart, Michael (Charge d'Affaires UK Embassy), 244
Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., 326, 397n, 429, 455n, 606n, 611n, 652n, 672n, 674-675
Stoltenberg, Gerhard, 492, 495, 593
Stoph, Willi, 174, 281, 544, 546-547, 549, 582, 585, 589, 613
Straits of Tiran, 543, 548
Strauss, Franz Josef, 68, 77, 101, 619, 728-731

CDU/CSU internal disputes, 141, 195
French-FRG relations, 476, 618
GDR-FRG relations, 329, 703
Nonproliferation treaty, 593-594, 618, 620, 633, 640-641, 666
Political situation in the FRG, 385-386, 447
U.S.-FRG relations, 504-505, 513, 525
Visit to the United States, June 1964, 103-104

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 671
Sudeten Germans, 110, 120, 149-150, 474, 595
Suez war, 1956, 54, 241
Sukarno, 438
Sukhodrev, Victor, 185
Sullivan, William H., 378
Sulzberger, Arthur, 406
Sutterlin, James S., 370
Sweden, 39, 288-289, 494, 693
Sweet, Paul, 499
Switzerland, 47, 288-289
Symington, W. Stewart, 401, 403-404, 723-725, 732, 768

Talbot, Phillips, 244
Tanzania, 233, 242
Tariffs, 47, 626-627, 631, 730
TASS news agency, 60
Taxation, 705, 769
Taylor, Gen Maxwell, 93
Thailand, 79, 374, 398-403
Thant, U, 682n
Thomas, Stefan, 234
Thompson, Llewellyn E., 1n, 17n, 95n, 132n, 344n, 478n, 606n, 607n

Berlin, 298-299, 659-661, 682, 760-761, 778-780
Commission on Germany and Central Europe, 98
East Berlin, 219, 309
Eastern Europe, 284, 591
German border issues, 245-246
FRG loan prepayments, 367
Kennedy Round, 350
NATO, 284
Presentation of credentials, 450n
Reunification of Germany:

Four-Power Council on, 179-184
French-U.S. talks on, 225, 228, 249-250, 326
FRG draft initiative, 6, 16, 30-33, 58-67
Memorandum on, 327, 333
Soviet-U.S. talks on, 175, 185
Three-power initiative on, 70, 82, 85-86
U.S.-FRG talks on, 172, 283
Western Three Declaration on Germany, 253-256, 258-260, 264-267

Soviet-FRG relations, 524
U.S.-FRG relations, 93, 368
Vietnam conflict, 345, 369

Thurmond, Strom, 401
Tito, Marshal Josip Broz, 295, 297, 567, 705, 734
Togliatti, Palmiro, 281
Toon, Malcolm, 672n
Treasury, U.S. Department of the, 408, 420
Treaty of Rome, 568
Trebesch, Herbert, 345
Trench, Nigel, 15
Trezise, Philip, 626
Trilateral Commission, 459, 484-485
Troop level reductions:

Aircraft, 523, 529, 536, 554
By Belgium, 425
By the British Army, 421, 425, 769-770
British position, 36
Complete withdrawal, 434-435
Congressional call for, 398-404, 519-521, 528-529, 534, 724, 729
By the FRG, 552-556, 562-564, 570, 572, 576, 579-580, 587-588
FRG position, 202, 405-406, 475, 505-506, 511-512, 529, 533, 587-588

U.S. response to, 417-420

Long Thrust forces, 101
Reciprocal, 378, 556, 592, 657, 722-723
Reversal of, 751, 775
Roundout forces, 101
Soviet-FRG agreement on, 607
Soviet position, 450, 503, 738
By the Soviet Union, 25, 529, 545, 568, 585
Symington amendment, 723-725, 732
Trilateral discussion and agreement on, 416, 565, 570

British proposal, 576
FRG position, 576
U.S. position, 24-25, 519-521, 537, 539, 570, 572, 583, 677, 732, 768-769, 775-776

U.S.-Soviet exchange on, 73-75, 97, 398-399

Truman, Harry S, 149n
Tsarapkin, Semen K., 486

Berlin access restrictions, 682, 686, 689, 698
Brandt talks, 547, 582, 588, 608, 612-614, 622, 628, 664, 673
Carstens talks, 490
Czechoslovakia, 734, 738
Mende talks, 412
Soviet-FRG trade, 545
Troop level reductions, 592
Visit with Trier leftists, 670

Turkey, 96, 100, 126-127, 361, 567
Tykocinski, 295-296
Tyler, William R., 1n, 17n, 98n, 104n, 132n, 218n, 247n

European unity, 145
FRG malaise, 233
U.S.-FRG relations, 103, 222
Oder-Neisse border issue, 60
PRC-FRG relations, 119
Reunification of Germany, 175, 182, 244

French-U.S. talks on, 225, 227-229
FRG draft initiative, 24, 26, 30, 55, 58-59, 61-68
Three-power initiative on German reunification, 70, 82
U.S.-British initiative on, 25, 35, 37-38, 45
U.S.-FRG talks on, 172, 192

Soviet-GDR friendship treaty, 108, 121, 126

U-2 spy flights, 93
Udall, Stewart, 354, 373, 583
Ulbricht, Walter:

Berlin, 303, 643-644
Berlin access restrictions, 664, 679, 691, 694, 711, 717, 760
Brandt-Abrasimov talks, 444-445
Czechoslovakia, 700, 704, 712
East-West relations, 610
Eastern European-FRG relations, 84, 90, 120, 544
Economic reforms, 278
End of regime, 92, 282, 317, 319, 468, 483, 730
GDR-FRG relations, 546-547
Nationalism, 336
New constitution proposal, 621
Political style of, 174
Reunification of Germany, 107, 121
Socialist realism, 279
Socialist Unity Party of East Germany, 281, 295
Soviet-GDR friendship treaty, 109, 126, 131, 133
Unpopularity in Eastern Europe, 589
Western isolation of, 150, 157-158

UN Charter, 747n, 748, 758:

Article 51, 748
Article 53, 613, 735, 738-739, 747-748, 758
Article 57, 613
Article 107, 735, 738-739, 747-748, 758

UN Conference on Trade and Development, 46, 47
UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 157
UN General Assembly, 193, 195, 365, 411-412, 423, 543, 546, 634, 761n
Unger, Leonard, 225
Unification of Germany. See Peace and reunification planning; Reunification of Germany.
United Arab Republic (UAR), 245, 295, 336
United Kingdom (see also United Kingdom and British subheadings under other subjects):

Cuban trade with, 113, 116, 707
Economic aid to Asia, 353
Elections in, 25, 36
FRG, relations with, 21, 35-36, 476, 618-619
Military forces under UN control, 39
Nuclear weapons, 224, 349
Poverty in, 236
PRC trade with, 545, 707
Soviet Union, relations with, 9, 615

United Nations (see also UN headings):

Development programs for Asia, 291
Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Conference report to, 629
GDR membership, 365, 412
Genocide/mass murder time limits, 632-633
Military forces under control of, 39
Move to Berlin, 93
Nonproliferation treaty, 634, 637, 664
PRC membership, 110

U.S. Information Agency (USIA), 678
U.S. Intelligence Board Watch Committee, 678

Vaes, 238-239
Valdes, Philip, 41
Valenti, Jack, 347-348, 352
Vance, Cyrus, 371
Van Well, 687, 708
Vatican II, 280
V-E day, 229
Viet Cong, 370
Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, 109, 374, 404, 642, 655, 716, 719:
Vietnam, Republic of, 28, 241, 341, 370, 438-439, 674-675
Vietnam conflict:

Balance-of-payment problems from, 346-347, 366
Bombing of the North, 423, 655
British treaty obligations, 470
Demonstrations against, 293, 668
Eastern European-U.S. relations, effect on, 286
French position, 477, 482, 632
GDR-FRG relations, effect on, 411-412
FRG support for, 141, 369-370, 417, 428, 630-632, 724

FRG position, 79-80, 102, 104, 145, 482, 619
Medical units, 96, 100, 112-113, 349, 354
Personnel, 341, 343
SPD views, 642, 646
U.S. position, 27-28, 94, 124-125, 247, 273, 341, 345-346, 390
Waning of, 582, 652

Gulf of Tonkin incident, 145
Nuclear weapons use in, 631
Paris talks, 777
Polish position, 432
PRC involvement, 369
Press coverage, 391
Soviet position, 423, 431
Soviet-U.S. relations, effect on, 490, 565, 719
Troop level increases, 114
U.S.-FRG talks on, 273, 343, 345-346, 369-370
U.S. position, 291, 432, 570, 740
U.S. withdrawal, 406

Vogel, 294-295

Wabeke, Bertus, 411
Walker, Gordon, 172-174, 197
Wallner, Woodruff, 658
Walsh, John, 717n, 762n
Warnke, Paul, 721
Warsaw Pact, 132, 176, 198, 239, 566, 603, 607, 719, 748:
Washington Ambassadorial Group:

Four-power council on German reunification
FRG draft peace initiative, 45, 59, 67, 228
Soviet-GDR friendship treaty, 122, 130
Three-power initiative on German reunification, 81-83
U.S.-British initiative on Germany, 36, 38

Washington Post, 129-130, 579
Water pollution, 156
Watson, Marvin, 504n, 560, 563
Weber, Hans, 46
Weber, Heinz, 105, 111, 115, 264, 283, 284, 347, 348, 352, 514, 542, 569, 579, 573, 767
Wehner, Herbert:

Berlin, 23, 550-551, 669-671
Communist background of, 477
Eastern Europe, 504
GDR-FRG relations, 549, 552, 596
Grand Coalition, 551-552, 596
Health of, 407
Nonproliferation treaty, 618
RIAS funding cuts, 651
Soviet-FRG relations, 548, 550, 552, 596, 622
U.S.-FRG relations, 473, 475-477
Vietnam conflict, 619

West Berlin. See Berlin.
Western Europe (see also Multilateral Force; North Atlantic Treaty Organization):

British troop withdrawals, 400
Finlandization of, 751
French role, 473-474
Monnet declaration, 475
New order in, 582
Nuclear defense, 423-428
Security:

Arrangements for, 590
Belgian position, 715
British proposal, 566-567
"Concepts of a Future European Security Arrangement" (French Center for Strategic Studies), 585
Consultations on, 427
Danish position, 715
East-West groups for discussion of, 604
Franco-German study of, 585
French position, 362-364
FRG position, 5, 556, 572, 582, 666-667
Karlsbad meeting, 544, 546
Middle East and, 578
Netherlands position, 715
Prepositioning of military equipment, 724
Quadripartite talks on, 362-365, 584-585
Settlement for, 239, 240, 241
Soviet proposals, 363, 365
U.S. troops in, 343

Soviet influence on southern border, 562
Soviet missiles in, 441
Statement of principles, 1961, 344
Strategies for, 577
Unity movement:

CDU/CSU splits regarding, 140-141, 145-146, 168-171, 204
Fouchet plan, 619
French position, 134-138, 224, 252n
FRG position, 139-140, 202-203
Italian position, 203
U.S. position, 44, 276, 729

U.S. obligations in, 470-471, 563

Western European Union (WEU), 480, 512, 764
Western Three Declaration on Germany (see also Peace and reunification planning):

French position, 249-250, 257, 261, 263, 265
Quadripartite talks on, 267-269
U.S.-FRG talks on, 253-256, 258-260, 264-266, 342

Westrick, Ludger, 11, 22-23, 108, 119, 121-123, 125, 137, 140-141, 146, 167, 190, 301-304, 368, 369, 409-410, 423, 429
Wheeler, Bert, 400, 404
Wieck, Hans-Georg, 721
Wilson, James Harold, 39, 137, 190, 224, 353, 393, 401-402, 485, 571, 615
Wilson, Woodrow, 404
Winzer, Otto, 612
Wischnewski (FRG), 487
World War I, 595, 635
World War II, 525, 595, 707, 724
World War III, 403-404

Yalta Memorandum, Aug. 1964, 281
Yemen, 241
Yugoslavia (see also Yugoslavia and Yugoslav subentries under other subjects):

EEC membership, 604-605
Emigrants in the United States from, 362
FRG, relations with, 50, 61, 69, 100, 489, 610, 612-613, 627, 665, 702, 719, 730
Highway construction in, 156
Independent nature of, 314
Labor flow to Western Europe, 604
Soviet threat to, 733-734, 739, 745, 768

Zanzibar, 31, 38, 62, 100
Zayae, Mildred, 6n
Zimmerman, Capt., 727
Zorin, Valerin, 344, 712

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