4 Britain, Germany and the Harmel report
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Terry Macintyre
Abstract
This chapter deals with the Harmel report and the involvement during 1967 of Britain and Germany in the reappraisal of NATO and its future tasks, proposed by Pierre Harmel, the Belgian Foreign Minister. That such a reappraisal was both necessary and urgent was evident after the French withdrawal from the military organization of NATO and in the light of questioning by public opinion in NATO countries of the utility of the organisation. For Germany, the exercise was regarded as an important opportunity to reinforce its own Ostpolitik and to ensure that the German problem was deemed by members of the Alliance as an essential ingredient of a settlement in Europe. An important consideration, in terms of Anglo-German relations, was that Britain and Germany co-operated closely as co-rapporteurs for one of the Harmel study working groups.
Abstract
This chapter deals with the Harmel report and the involvement during 1967 of Britain and Germany in the reappraisal of NATO and its future tasks, proposed by Pierre Harmel, the Belgian Foreign Minister. That such a reappraisal was both necessary and urgent was evident after the French withdrawal from the military organization of NATO and in the light of questioning by public opinion in NATO countries of the utility of the organisation. For Germany, the exercise was regarded as an important opportunity to reinforce its own Ostpolitik and to ensure that the German problem was deemed by members of the Alliance as an essential ingredient of a settlement in Europe. An important consideration, in terms of Anglo-German relations, was that Britain and Germany co-operated closely as co-rapporteurs for one of the Harmel study working groups.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Preface vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of key events, October 1964 to June 1970 viii
- List of abbreviations xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Anglo-German relations in 1964 – continuity or change? 19
- 2 Nuclear sharing in NATO 46
- 3 The offset agreements and their impact on Anglo-German relations 73
- 4 Britain, Germany and the Harmel report 100
- 5 NATO nuclear strategy and the adoption of ‘flexible response’ 122
- 6 Britain, Germany and the Non-Proliferation Treaty 147
- 7 Détente, Ostpolitik and Anglo-German relations 174
- 8 Anglo-German relations and Britain’s policy towards the European Economic Community 199
- Conclusion 227
- Appendix 1 237
- Appendix 2 241
- Bibliography 243
- Index 253
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- Preface vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of key events, October 1964 to June 1970 viii
- List of abbreviations xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Anglo-German relations in 1964 – continuity or change? 19
- 2 Nuclear sharing in NATO 46
- 3 The offset agreements and their impact on Anglo-German relations 73
- 4 Britain, Germany and the Harmel report 100
- 5 NATO nuclear strategy and the adoption of ‘flexible response’ 122
- 6 Britain, Germany and the Non-Proliferation Treaty 147
- 7 Détente, Ostpolitik and Anglo-German relations 174
- 8 Anglo-German relations and Britain’s policy towards the European Economic Community 199
- Conclusion 227
- Appendix 1 237
- Appendix 2 241
- Bibliography 243
- Index 253
