Petersberg Agreement

It was signed by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Allied High Commissioners Brian Hubert Robertson (United Kingdom), André François-Poncet (France), and John J. McCloy (United States) on 22 November 1949.

The Hotel Petersberg, near Bonn, was the seat of the High Commissioners and the place of signature.

Adenauer was heavily criticized in parliament for his signing of the agreement, particularly due to the Ruhr issue.

[1]The opposition leader Kurt Schumacher responded by labeling Adenauer "Chancellor of the Allies".

According to the press, the state of war was maintained because "the U.S. wants to retain a legal basis for keeping a U.S. force in Western Germany".