This telegram detailed an FRG Defense Council Meeting on the NPT. While recognizing that the agreement on Article III was āprogress,ā Kiesinger continued to criticize the treatyās āinflexibility,ā which he saw as a danger to West Germanyās ālonger termā security interests. Kiesinger, however, professed willingness to consider signing the Treaty, even to be an early signer, if Washington could comply with a few basic ārequests,ā such as āsafeguards against Soviet pressureā and some improvements in Article III.