Editorial Note
With the agreement on the text of the Federal Republic’s assurance concerning acceptance of liability for prewar German external debts, the several documents which had been prepared during the fall of 1950 by the Intergovernmental Study Group and the Allied High Commission for Germany could be promulgated. The texts of the seven documents that follow are those that appear in “Basic Documents Book” of the Office of the United States High Commissioner for Germany, first prepared in March of 1950 and updated thereafter. (762A.00/3–150) For the text of the Allied communiqué concerning the revision of the Occupation Statute and the implementation of the New York agreements, released to the press on March 6, see Department of State Bulletin, March 19, 1951, page 443.
For additional documentation on the revision of the Charter of the Allied High Commission, see HICOG’s Sixth Quarterly Report on Germany, January 1–March 31, 1951, pages 128 ff.