What were Adenauer's foreign policy aims in the international context?
It was geared to establish sovereignty for the new state and to exploit the economic, political and military strength of the free Western world by fully integrating the BRD
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What was the Petersberg agreement and what did it entail?
It was an agreement made to allow W. Germany to join the International Ruhr authority
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What did Adenauer gain from this agreement?
The dismantling of industry by the Allies was radically limited. The BRD gained the right to establish diplomatic relationships with other states. The BRD was allowed to join the European Council in 1950
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What was the European Economic Community?
A group of six countries in Europe who agreed on common policy for prices, subsidies and investment and it lifted restrictions on imports and exports of coal and steel between member states
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What did being part of the ECC mean for the BRD?
It allowed the BRD to be treated as an equal and it was the basis of stable Franco-German understanding after generations of hostility
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Was the ECC a success?
Yes! The production of coal and steel within the community increased by 44% from 1952- 1957
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When did the BRD become a fully soverign state?
May 1955
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What was the European Defense Community?
A plan proposed by the French PM to form a pan-European defense forece
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How successful was Adenauer's policy of integration with the West?
Very much successful. By the mid 1950s the BRD was thoroughly integrated into the West.
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What were relations with the East like?
Strained especially because of all of Adenauer's efforts to reach Western integration
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What were the " Stalin notes"?
Proposals made by Stalin on how to settle ' The German Question'
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What did they entail?
A peace treaty for s Germany with free democratic elections. The establishment of a united Germany with the Oder-Niesse line as the eastern border. The removal of all foreign troops from Germany. The creation of a defensive aermy
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Were Stalin's proposals accepted?
Nope
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What was the Hallstein doctrine?
The declaration made by Adenauer stating that the BRD government would refuse to have diplomatic relations with any state that officially recognized the DDR( with the exeption of the USSR)
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What was this in reaction to?
It was in reaction to the DDR being integrated into the Warsaw Pact
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What was the Petersberg agreement and what did it entail?
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It was an agreement made to allow W. Germany to join the International Ruhr authority
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