Contents -- Acknowledgements 9 -- Preface 11 -- Introduction 15 -- Chapter 1 - Britain and the early stages of Ostpolitik (1955-1968) 23 -- 1.1 Introduction 23 -- 1.2 Britain, détente and the German question 24 -- 1.3 Britain and Adenauer's Ostpolitik (1955-1963) 27 -- 1.4 Britain, de Gaulle, and the commercial Ostpolitikof chancellor Erhard (1963-1966) 35 -- 1.5 Britain and the Ostpolitik of the Grosse Koalition(1966 -1968) 44 -- 1.6 Britain, Ostpolitik, and the Czechoslovakian crisis 52 -- 1.7 The impact of the Prague crisison Anglo-Soviet relations 58 -- 1.8 The Wilson government and the questionof the Federal Republic's adhesion to the NPT 62 -- 1.9 Conclusions 67 -- Chapter 2 - Britain and Willy Brandt's Neue Ostpolitik (1969-1971) 69 -- 2.1 Introduction 69 -- 2.2 Britain and the advent of détentein East-West relations 70 -- 2.3 Britain and the formation of the Brandt government 75 -- 2.4 The Wilson government andthe FRG-Soviet negotiations 86 -- 2.5 West German views of the British attitudeto the Soviet-FRG negotiations 95 -- 2.6 The formation of the Heath government andthe visit of West German foreign minister Scheelto Moscow 98 -- 2.7 British reactions to the signingof the treaty of Moscow 105 -- 2.8 The Heath government and the signingof the trea ty of Warsaw 112 -- 2.9 Conclusions 119 -- Chapter 3 - Britain, the FRG's Deutschlandpolitik,and the quadripartite agreement on Berlin 121 -- 3.1 Introduction 121 -- 3.2 Britain and the quadripartite negotiationson Berlin 122 -- 3.3 British concerns about Ostpolitik in relationto the attitude of the United States 128 -- 3.4 West German reception of Britishand U.S. concerns and its implicationson Anglo-West German relations 136 -- 3.5 Britain and the first steps ofWilly Brandt 's Deutschlandpolitik 142.

3.6 The Heath government and the signingof the Berlin agreement 149 -- 3.7 The debate on the General Relations Treatyand German unification between the FCOand the British embassy in Bonn 160 -- 3.8 Conclusions 166 -- Chapter 4 - Britain, the conclusion of Ostpolitik,and the CSCE (1972-1975) 167 -- 4.1 Introduction 167 -- 4.2 Ostpolitik and the British applicationto join the European Communities 168 -- 4.3 Britain and the ratification of the Eastern treaties 176 -- 4.4 Britain and the treaty of Prague 189 -- 4.5 Britain and the recognition of the GDR 199 -- 4.6 Britain and the CSCE 207 -- 4.7 Conclusions 233 -- Conclusions 235 -- Documentary Appendix 239 -- Bibliography 255 -- Name Index 265.