Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Polish Government should be included in talks relating to German unification.

Calls for: (1) the United States to reaffirm its unequivocal support for the Polish-German border as set after World War II; (2) Chancellor Helmut Kohl to state unequivocally that such border will be respected and preserved; and (3) Poland to be included as an equal participant with the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France in German unification discussions relating to the borders of a unified Germany and the security of neighboring countries.

 
HCON 273 IH
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 273
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Polish Government should be
included in talks relating to German unification.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 1990
Mrs. KENNELLY (for herself and Mr. KLECZKA) submitted the following concurrent
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Polish Government should be
included in talks relating to German unification.
Whereas stable and permanent borders between the countries of Europe are
necessary to the peace, security, and political order of Europe;
Whereas the Government of the German Democratic Republic, in the Zgorzelec
Agreement entered into with Poland on July 6, 1950, also recognized the
Oder-Neisse Line as the inviolable frontier between Poland and Germany; and
Whereas the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, in the Treaty of
Warsaw entered into with the Polish People's Republic on December 6, 1970,
accepted the Oder-Neisse Line as constituting the western frontier of Poland
and `the inviolability of their existing frontiers now and in the future';
Whereas the United States, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal
Republic of Germany, and Poland were signatory countries to the Helsinki
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, in which
the signatories agreed to `regard as inviolable all one another's frontiers as
well as the frontiers of all States in Europe and therefore they will refrain
now and in the future from assaulting these frontiers': Now, therefore, be it
  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it
  is the sense of the Congress that--
  (1) the United States should reaffirm its unequivocal support for the
  Polish-German border as set after World War II;
  (2) Chancellor Helmut Kohl should state, without reservation, that the
  Government of the Federal Republic of Germany respects and will preserve
  the post-World War II Polish-German border; and
  (3) Poland should be included, as an equal participant with the United
  States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France, in the German
  unification discussions, known as `two plus four', relating to matters
  involving the borders of a unified Germany and the security of countries
  sharing borders with Germany.