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The Road to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1969-1973: Britain, France and West Germany Takeshi Yamamoto London School of Economics and Political Science PhD International History UMI Number: U615509 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI U615509 Published by ProQuest LLC 2014. Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 lH £ S € S V. r 3 S 3 S British Library of Political and Economic Science Declaration work presented in the thesis is the candidate’s own. Takeshi Yamamoto Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to examine European international politics towards the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) from 1969 to 1973. The importance of the CSCE is widely recognised by historians and political scientists, but the pre-diplomacy of the Conference is poorly understood. Based on the British, French and West German archive documents, and focusing on international political dynamics, this study explores how multilateral European detente represented by the CSCE was realised in the early 1970s. The four-year period leading up to the opening of the CSCE was also highly significant, because these four years saw the crucial transformation of the nature of European detente. When the Soviets proposed the European Security Conference in 1969, their aim was to consolidate the status quo in Europe. However, the West Europeans were the leading actors in convening the Conference, and between 1969 and 1973, they made the CSCE meaningful and substantial in two ways* its procedure and its content. The idea of a three-stage Conference, which was developed by the Europeans during the pre-conference diplomacy, made it possible to negotiate thoroughly on the text of the Helsinki Final Act and steer it in the direction the West wanted. More significantly, the West succeeded in incorporating the human rights and human contact agenda into the Conference. This study will thus examine how the ideas of the constructive procedure and humanitarian subjects were developed. It will further argue that multilateral European detente was uncontrollable by the superpowers, and a transformation of detente was possible in the context of multilateral diplomacy. Britain, France and West Germany respectively played an important role in the opening up and development of the CSCE. As a result, multilateral European detente went beyond the status quo. 2 Table of Contents Abstract.................................................................................................................p.2 Table of Contents..................................................................................................p.3 Acknowledgements ..............................................................................................p .4 List of Abbreviations........................................................................................... p.6 Introduction- ........................................................................................................ p. 7 Chapter 1- Detente in the 1960s....................................................................... p.22 Chapter 2- NATO’s Commitment to a European Security Conference, January 1969 - May 1970............................................................................. p.64 Chapter 3: Increasing Priority of an ESC, June-December, 1970................. p. 120 Chapter4- Berlin, MBFR, and a European Security Conference, 1971........ p. 159 Chapter 5- Emergence of European Political Cooperation, 1971-1972.........p.198 Chapter 6- The Battle for a Good Start, January 1972 - July.............. 1973 p.227 Conclusion- Organising Multilateral European Detente............................... p.262 Bibliography..................................................................................................... p.280 3 Acknowledgements Just ten years ago, I came to have interests in European history after the Second World War. In particular, my former supervisor in Japan, Takahiko Tanaka, invited me to study European history - both European integration history and cold war history in Europe. Since then, he has kindly and continuously supported my research even after my leaving from Japan. What I learned under his supervison is the deep foundation of this dissertation. I would like thank him. More directly I owe a great deal of thanks to Piers Ludlow, my current doctoral supervisor. His comments and advice were always invaluable, and his encouragement gave me power to argue bravely. The way in which he guided me to go ahead chapter by chapter perfectly suited me, and made me feel that my project progressed — a very important sense during the tough PhD years. The Internatioanl History Department of the LSE is amicable. I would particularly like to thank Odd Arne Westad, Antony Best, and Kristina Spohr Readman. A special thank gose to Kristina, whose current research topic is close to mine; therefore, I extremely benefited from exchanges of opinion with her. Various arguments of this dissertation were also developed through many discussions with friends. They provided me stimulating comments and feedback. I am especially grateful to the following people- Garret Martin, Ryo Ikeda, Niklas Rossbach, Ken Nannichi, Tomoki Kuniyoshi, Toshihiko Aono, Hirofumi Takase, Ko II, and Yoshitaka Katayama. I must also express my appreciation to the archivists and staff of The National Archives, KewJ theMinistere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris; the Archives Nationales, Paris; the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz; and the Politisches Ajcchiv, Auswartiges Amt, Berlin. Without their help, I would have been at a loss in foreign archives. 4 During the final stage of this research, Hiraly Parker proofread all chapters. With her help, this dissertation was truly completed. I appreciate her wonderful corrections of my poor English. Above all, I would like to thank my mother, Takako. Without her support, I could not have continued to study abroad. One month before my writing up the dissertation, my grand mother, Shizue Shinoda, died. She always worried about me living abroad, but very unfortunately I could not attend her funeral. It is a source of great regret that I was not able to complete this dissetation sooner. I will miss her greatly. 5 List of Abbreviations AAPD • Akten zur A uswartigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ABM^ Anti Ballistic Missile AN: Archives Na tionales CBM'- Confidence Building Measures CDU: Christlich Demokratische Union CBS: Conference on European Security CPSTJ: Communist Party of the Soviet Union CSCE: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe CSU: ChristlichSoziale Union DBPO: Documents on British Policy Overseas DNSA: Digital National Security Archives EC: European Community EEC: European Economic Community EMU: Economic and Monetary Union EPC: European Political Cooperation ESC: European Security Conference FO: Foreign Office FCO: Foreign and Commonwealth Office FDP: Freie Demokratische Partei FQP- Final Quadripartite Protocol FRG: Federal Republic Germany FEUS: Foreign Relations of the United States series GDR: German Democratic Republic HMG: Her Majesty Government LTBT: Limited Test Ban Treaty MBFR: Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions MAE: Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres MFN: Most Favored Nation MLF: Multilateral Force MPT: Multilateral Preparatory Talks NAP: Non*Aggression Pact NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NLF: National Liberation Front NPT: Non-Proliferation Treaty NSC-' National Security Council NSDM: National Security Decision Memorandum PAAA: Politisches Archiv, A uswaertiges Am t PRC: People’s Republic of China SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SCEWR: Standing Committee on East-West Relations SPC: Senior Political Committee SPD: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands TNA: The National Archives (previously Public Records Office) UK: United Kingdom US: United States USA: United States of America USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WEU: Western European Union Introduction In the first years after the Second World War, Europe was divided into two blocs. Mistrust between the United Kingdom/United States and the Soviet Union over ideology and security in Europe and other regions gradually increased, and the Cold War conflicts between them were reflected above all in the European continent. Indeed, America’s European Recovery Programme of 1947, the so-called Marshall Plan, was a landmark in the division of Europe; West European countries joined the Programme, but East European countries rejected it or were forced by the USSR to reject it. The Iron Curtain fell; two camps appeared. Economic, cultural, and human contacts between the two sides were restricted politically and practically. The Eastern regimes implemented and then strengthened their oppressive one-party dictatorships, becoming suppressive on their people. The defeated Germany was also divided in two. The Allies’ enemy had been occupied by the Four Powers - the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union —, but eventually the three Western sectors