In notes to Britain and France, the USSR forcefully reaffirmed its charge that Germany's remilitarization was a prime threat to peace and security in Europe.
The British government indicated opposition to a U.S. suggestion that Spain be associated with NATO. The hostility of labor governments and organizations against Spain continued generally unabated through the years. U.S. bases in Spain drew the nation toward NATO unofficially, but full membership was not granted until 1982 (See 1982, May 30).
France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed a treaty embodying the Schuman Plan and set up a single market for coal and steel. An important first step toward European economic union.
The foreign ministers of Great Britain, France, and the United States met in Washington, for a two-day conference on measures to contain Soviet aggression. They agreed on plans for a German “peace contract” to replace the Occupation Statute and on the use of West German troops in a European army.
The three Allied high comissioners, meeting with Chancellor Adenauer, informed him that the Occupation Statute would be abrogated and the Allied High Commission abolished only after Germany agreed to contribute to the defense of Europe.
The Yugoslav government signed an agreement with the United States, which undertook to supply military equipment, materials, and services to the armed forces of Yugoslavia.
