United Kingdom's Policy

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Germany – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 December 1957.

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Photo of Mr Konni Zilliacus Mr Konni Zilliacus , Manchester, Gorton 12:00, 4 December 1957

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the Government's policy on the subject of Germany is still guided by the declaration of the then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Anthony Eden, on 17th November, 1954, to the effect that the real choice lay between anchoring Germany to the West through the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or leaving her to drift, with the certainty that she would sooner or later be sucked into the Soviet system.