On March 25 , 1952 , the first note from the governments of Great Britain , France , and the United States was sent to Moscow . It included the following points : In the second Stalin Note , sent on April 9 , 1952 , the Soviet Union stood by its position that negotiations for the groundwork of a peace treaty and for the creation of a unified German government should begin . Stalin accepted that free elections could be the groundwork for a unified German government , but insisted that the four occupying powers oversee the elections rather than the United Nations . On the other hand , Stalin stayed firm on the idea that a reunified Germany should have the borders outlined by the Potsdam Conference , and that , even more generally , an armed Germany could not be in an alliance directed aggressively against other states
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
Stalin Note