CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001000420001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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WESTERN EUROPE
4. Early West German action on Bonn and Paris treaties seen
possible (page 4).
5. Dutch opposition to French EDC protocols seen growing (page 5).
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4. Early West German action on Bonn and Paris treaties seen possible:
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High West German officials indicate that
Chancellor Adenauer, in the event of a
Constitutional Court refusal to accept the
government's petition for an opinion on the
legality of the Bonn and Paris treaties, is determined to press for
final Bundestag approval of the treaties between 10 and 14 March.
The court's attitude is expected to be known by 25 February.
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If the government's petition is accepted,
Adenauer will postpone Bundestag action until April, in the expecta-
tion that the court's opinion on the treaties' legality would be favorable.
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Comment. The Chancellor recently stated
that the French protocol demands might cause further delay. His
coalition supporters are now urging rapid ratification without any
treaty changes. They suggest that the protocols might later be ne-
gotiated and approved by executive action.
Dutch opposition
o French EDC protocols seen growing.
Ambassador Chapin at The Hague reports
that the Dutch Government is evidently
seriously concerned over the implications
of the EDC protocols proposed by the French.
A Dutch Foreign Ministry official stated that the ambiguities of the
French texts necessitate further study and emphasized that the govern-
ment feels unable to urge speedy parliamentary ratification of the
treaty.
Comment: Earlier, it had been expected
that the Netherlands would be one of the first countries to ratify the
treaty, and the initial Dutch reaction to the protocols was "not un-
favorable."
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