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substantially increased the internal authority of the Federal Republic. Skillfully exploiting the Western fears of a communist assault on Europe, which had been awakened by the Korean War, Adenauer gained further concessions from the Western occupying powers in return for his agreement to rearm West Germany within the context of a western European defense system. In 1955 West Germany became a full member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and gained sovereignty over its foreign relations as the Occupation Statute expired.
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succeeded in gaining membership for West Germany in the European Coal and Steel Community, which later served as the core of the European Economic Community, the precursor of the European Union. In that same year the Americans, British, and French agreed to a revision of the Occupation Statute that
148:(constitution) could only be amended with the unanimous consent of the Allies, and the Allies had the right to veto any legislation that ran counter to the Basic Law or occupation policies. The Allies also had the power to resume full-fledged occupation in the event of an emergency. 141:, foreign trade, the level of industrial production, displaced persons and refugees, protection, prestige and security of the occupying forces, foreign affairs, and foreign trade and exchange. The Federal Republic could only act in these spheres with Allied permission. 48: 96: 219: 145: 121:
organization as an equal partner. The Allies retained the right to keep occupational forces in the country and complete control over
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Treaty defining the relationship between West Germany and the Allied High Commission
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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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of November 1949. Signed between the three Allies and
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Occupation Statute

The Ruhr Agreement
‹See Tfd›
German
West Germany
Allied High Commission
American
British
French
Treaties of Paris (1954)
United States Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Ernest Bevin
Prime Minister
Robert Schuman
Washington, D.C.
sovereignty
Marshall Plan
disarmament
demilitarization
war reparations
Ruhr
cartelization
Basic Law
Parliamentary council
SPD
Konrad Adenauer
Allied Control Council

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