Cartoon by Beuth on the United Kingdom’s absence from the negotiations on the Schuman Plan (17 June 1950)

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‘Unfortunately we have our hands full …’ On 17 June 1950, German cartoonist Beuth illustrates the reasons put forward by the British government authorities for their non-participation in the forthcoming negotiations on the implementation of the Schuman Plan. From left to right: Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, Konrad Adenauer, Federal Chancellor, and Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister.

Source and copyright

Source: Hamburger Abendblatt. Unabhängig - Überparteilich. Hrsg. Springer, Axel ; Herausgeber Schulze, Wilhelm. 17.06.1950, Nr. 139; 3. Jg. Hamburg.

Copyright: (c) Hamburger Abendblatt

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Cartoon by Beuth on the United Kingdom’s absence from the negotiations on the Schuman Plan (17 June 1950)