WEST GERMANY: WEST GERMAN ENVOY DENIES EXCEEDING FUNCTIONS IN TALKS WITH MR. KHRUSHCHEV

Record ID: 572361

  • Title: WEST GERMANY: WEST GERMAN ENVOY DENIES EXCEEDING FUNCTIONS IN TALKS WITH MR. KHRUSHCHEV
  • Date: 14th November 1961
  • Summary: 1. SLV HELICOPTER LANDS 0.03 2. LV JOURNALISTS SURROUND DR. KROLL BY HELICOPTER. 0.07 3. CU DR KROLL GREETS JOURNALISTS AND SPEAKS. 0.14 4. STV GROUP. 0.17 5. CU DR. KROLL SPEAKING PAN TO JOURNALISTS, PAN TO KROLL. 0.28 6. CU JOURNALISTS WITH TAPE RECORDER. 0.30 7. CU KROLL SPEAKING. 0.35 8. SV LINE OF CAMERAMEN 0.37 9. SV DR. KROLL WALKS TO CAMERA. 0.40 10. GV KROLL IN CAR AWAY. 0.43 Initials DD/S/JF/FW DD/S/JF/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 29th November 1961 12:00
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  • Location: COLOGNE, WEST GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA4K21FERB6YQUWI94X1Z7MRHOD
  • Story Text: DR. HANS KROLL, THE WEST GERMAN AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW RETURNED TO BONN NOVEMBER 14 AND DENIED THAT HE HAD EXCEEDED HIS FUNCTIONS IN CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH MR. KHRUSHCHEV, THE SOVIET PRIME MINISTER, ON BERLIN AND GERMAN PROBLEMS.

    ON HIS ARRIVAL AT COLOGNE BY HELICOPTER FROM BRUSSELS HE WAS SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS AND CAMERAMEN. HE SAID HIS TALK WITH MR. KHRUSHCHEV ON NOVEMBER 9 WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE RUSSIAN ATTITUDE AND TO LESSEN TENSION IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MOSCOW AND BONN. THE TALKS WERE MERELY AN UNOFFICIAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS. DR. KROLL WAS ASKED IF HE HAD TAKEN "UNAUTHORISED INITIATIVE." HE REPLIED: "DO YOU BELIEVE THAT AN AMBASSADOR DOES HIS DUTY WHEN HE DOES NOT TAKE ANY INITIATIVE?" HE SAID IT WOULD DEPEND ON DR. ADENAUER WHETHER HE RETURNED TO MOSCOW. "IF I DO NOT, ONE MAN WILL BE VERY PLEASED, HERR ULBRICHT, THE EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST LEADER," HE ADDED.

    DR. KROLL WENT STRAIGHT FROM COLOGNE TO BONN WHERE HE HAD A 90-MINUTE MEETING WITH THE WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR. A STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER THE MEETING WITH DR. ADENAUER SAID DR. KROLL'S REPORT HAD SHOWN THAT THE PERSONAL THOUGHTS DEVELOPED BY HIM IN HIS TALK WITH MR. KHRUSHCHEV WERE NOT AUTHORISED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO STRIVE WITH ITS WESTERN PARTNERS FOR A SOLUTION OF THE BERLIN AND GERMAN QUESTIONS ON THE BASIS OF UNDERSTANDING.

    WEST GERMAN NEWSPAPERS STRONGLY CRITICISED DR. KROLL'S INDEPENDENT INITIATIVE AND EMPHASISED THE DANGERS OF CREATING MISTRUST BETWEEN WEST GERMANY'S ALLIES.
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