For journalists, Paul Sethe who most sharply criticized Adenauer's rejection of Stalin's offer. He was the co-publisher of the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" in the early 1950s and had always spoken out in his commentaries for at least seeing how seious the notes were. Thus, he saw the neutralisation of Germany as an appropriate price for reunification. He completed his thesis of missed chances in his book ("From Bonn to Moscow") and so he lay the cornerstone for a debate about the notes that lasted for decades.