§ 67. Mr. Parkerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when British recognition of the German Democratic Republic is to take place in view of recent treaties now ratified by the West German Republic.
§ Mr. KershawThe British position on recognition of the German Democratic Republic is not affected by ratification of the Federal Republic's treaties with the Soviet Union and Poland.
While the Federal Government of Germany are seeking to normalise relations with the German Democratic Republic it would not be appropriate for Her Majesty's Government to recognise the German Democratic Republic. We should also have to be satisfied that our special responsibilities for Berlin and Germany as a whole were unaffected.