Authority NARA Baum DEPARTMENT OF STATE - Assls'ms'r Stamens I W To The Secretary 3 Through SIS 5' 5 i From EUR - William R Tylerkj 1 Subject umored Secret Military Annex to Franco-German Treaty i Reference memorandum of Ma 27' 1963 i Minister von Lilienfeld informed me this after- noon that the German Embassy had just received a reply from Bonn in answer to the Embassy's query following my request for information about the report concerning a military annex to the Franco-German Treaty The reply i a flat denial $ th 1553 exists any secret Eff i otherwise to reaty coupled with a certain note of irritation that we should have given sufficient credit to such 7 a report to consider it necessary to ask the German 1 Government whether it was true or not in the light of the assurances which had already been given to 7 a I told the Minister I was glad to have the reply to our question As for the note of irritation I said that I thought it was better to clear up any such reports so as to dispel any_possible lingering doubts which 2133 7'7 might otherwise subsist I - - mmn'l'yler mt I 43 I I GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic - E downgrading and declassirioation ' DECLASSIFIED Authority By% Date 14% I DEPARTMENT OF STATE 7914 ABBIBTANT Sense-ms May 27 1963 I wrath- 2 To The Secretary Through 8 From EUR - William R TylerW I Subject Rumored Secret Militarz Anne to anco- Treaty I believe the best thigg to do is for me to call in the German Minister von Lilienfeld and tell 5mm we Kemp'o frthat a well known German political figure I would not mention his name has i stated that there is such an annex and that it contains among other things provisions for I cooperation in the nuclear field I would add that this contradicts what we have been told explicitly by both the French and German Governments and that we would therefore like to learn whether this rumor is true or false - r139 d7 laq 2 5 Dieapprove 4193 m 7 7 a Eunxwm ylermt 72 3 3 3M I can 1 Excluded from automatic 107 11 an u l doolasuli iun                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu