§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the outcome of the latest four-Power talks on Berlin.
§ Mr. AmeryThe four Powers reached agreement on the text of a quadripartite declaration affirming that four-Power rights and responsibilities would be unaffected by the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic into the United Nations. The declaration was published in capitals on 9th November and is in the following terms:
DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. 177W THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the French Republic, the USSR and the USA, having been represented by their Ambassadors who held a series of meetings in the building formerly occupied by the Allied Control Council, are in agreement that they will support the applications for membership in the UN when submitted by the FRG and GDR, and affirm in this connexion that this membership shall in no way affect the rights and responsibilities related Quadripartite agreements, decisions of the Four Powers and the corresponding, and practices.