Adenauer 's spirit is abroad once more as germany , united now and infinitely more self-assured , prepares for a national poll in september with a startling lack of audacity .
The story goes that on the evening of november 6th , when mollet got the call from eden that he was aborting the invasion , he happened to be with the german chancellor , konrad adenauer .
While konrad adenauer , west germany 's postwar leader , was desperate to join this nuclear club , his nato allies only permitted germany to possess nuclear power , on which the resurgent german economy rapidly became dependent for cheap energy .
In fact , before the european coal and steel community plan was proposed , for the sake of enabling germany to enjoy eternal peace , adenauer had suggested to france that it join in an alliance with germany .