Edward Heath, leading Britain's negotiations on the Common Market, declared that Britain planned to play its “full part” in the political and economic future of the Common Market.
Negotiations for British entry into the Common Market foundered on the relationship of the Commonwealth to the European market, but British prime minister Macmillan and French president De Gaulle agreed (Dec. 15) to continue examination of the problem.
Foreign Minister Schroeder indicated that Bonn would break diplomatic relations with any country endorsing a peace treaty between East Germany and the USSR.
The USSR abolished the office of Soviet commandant in East Berlin. The United States declared that the action would not affect the rights of Western commandants in Berlin.
State visit of Marshal Tito to Moscow, during which Premier Khrushchev, addressing the Supreme Soviet, angrily attacked the Chinese Communists, who in reply began to call on Communists the world over to revolt against Soviet domination.
