In this interview, Max Kohnstamm, former Head of the German Office of the Netherlands Foreign Ministry, describes the circumstances in which he learnt of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950.

In this interview, Max Kohnstamm, member of the Netherlands Delegation to the negotiations on the Schuman Plan, recalls the conduct of talks in Paris and describes the position maintained by Dirk Spierenburg, Head of the Netherlands Delegation.

In this interview, Max Kohnstamm, member of the Netherlands Delegation to the negotiations on the Schuman Plan, recalls the personality and attitude of Jean Monnet, Commissioner-General of the French National Planning Board, during the negotiations, held in Paris from 1950 to 1951, on the pooling of coal and steel.