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| Nov. 18 |
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| Objecting to the alleged political domination of the Saar by France, the Bundestag's major parties supported a Bundestag declaration denying the legality of the Saar election (Nov. 30) and refusing to recognize any Saar government so elected. | 1 |
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| Nov. 26 |
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| The French cabinet approved terms for revising the French-Saar conventions to permit the enlargement of the Saar's economic independence. Saar premier Johannes Hoffman praised the step as a concession by France of equal rights to the Saar. | 2 |
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| Nov. 30 |
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| The Saar election resulted in a victory for the autonomists and the French, as most voters rejected German appeals to boycott the polls or invalidate the votes. | 3 |
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| Dec. 4–7 |
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| Prime Minister Churchill, President Eisenhower, and Premier Joseph Laniel of France met in Bermuda to discuss the relations of the Big Three with Soviet Russia, the problem of Germany and Austria, and the defense of the free world. | 4 |
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| Dec. 17 |
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| Tito's government broke diplomatic relations with the Vatican to protest the latter's refusal to settle the church-state conflict in Yugoslavia. | 5 |
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