Allied High Commission
The Allied High Commission (AHC; . Engl Allied High Commission, French Haute commission Alliee ) was an agency of the victorious Western powers, the U.S., Britain and France in West Germany after the Second World War. She had her first seat on the Petersberg near Bonn. She took a number of reserved rights against the Federal Republic of Germany true.
Their powers were governed by the so-called occupation statute in which the Allied control rights have been established. The High Commission began its work on 21 September 1949. Through the publication of official gazettes of the Allied High Commission for Germany, the laws enacted by it throughout Germany were. Foreign Missions had to be accredited until March 1951 as the AHK.
The Allied High Commissioners from 1949 to 1955:
- United States of America (High Commissioner of Germany; HICOG ): John J. McCloy of September 2, 1949 to August 1, 1952
- Walter J. Donnelly of August 1, 1952 to December 11, 1952
- Samuel Reber From December 11 December 1952 February 10, 1953
- James Bryant Conant of February 10, 1953 to May 5, 1955 ( then U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany )
- United Kingdom: Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge on September 21, 1949 to June 24, 1950
- Ivone Kirkpatrick of June 24, 1950 to September 29, 1953
- Frederick Millar of September 29, 1953 to May 5, 1955 ( then Ambassador to the Federal Republic of )
- France: André François-Poncet of September 21, 1949 to May 5, 1955
With them, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer signed on 22 November 1949, the Petersberg Agreement. Apart from the Council of High Commissioners passed the AHK still from the committees and bodies and the Secretariat formed by the commissioners. In the summer of 1952, the Commission's move from Petersberg into the opposite on the left side of the Rhine Deichmannsaue in Mehlem, which served at the time as the headquarters of the American High Commission took place. The move reflected the decreasing with the increasing sovereignty of the Federal Republic of importance and reduction of AHK. The Allied High Commission under the direct authority and none of the three zones of occupation in the West belonging was the enclave of Bonn.
The Chamber has been resolved with the entry into force of the Treaty, Germany on May 5, 1955. It is considered a historical and international law special case, as it combined the functions of an international organization with government functions, a common diplomatic representation of three states and the Federal Government.