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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Meeting in Lisbon from February 20 to 25, 1952, and with Greece and Turkey participating as full members, the ninth session of the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization took decisions on five major items: 1) the forces to be made available to the military command during 1952; 2) the bases and facilities to be built and made available for the forces; 3) the establishment of a European Defense Community comprising six countries, including western Germany; 4) the report by the occupying powers on the proposed contractual arrangements with the German Federal Republic; 5) the reorganization and strengthening of NATO itself. In addition, the Council took note of the report by the Atlantic Community Committee on economic cooperation, agreed on the amount of the German financial contribution to defense for 1952–1953 and assigned the ground and air forces of Greece and Turkey to the over-all command of SHAPE.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1952

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References

1 See Department of State, Bulletin, XXVI, p. 306, 334Google Scholar.

2 Ibid., p. 370.

4 New York Times, February 24, 1952.

5 Chronology of International Events and Documents, VIII, p. 148.

6 Department of State, Bulletin, XXVI, p. 366Google Scholar.

7 Chronology, cited above, p. 148; for details, see this issue, p. 329.

8 Department of State, Bulletin, XXVI, p. 368Google Scholar; New York Times, February 27, 1952.

9 Ibid., April 4, 1952; for discussion of the organization of NATO prior to the Lisbon meeting, see this issue, p. 175; for chart showing reorganization, see this issue, documents section.

10 See below.

11 Department of State, Bulletin, XXVI, p. 368Google Scholar.

12 Ibid., p. 369.

13 Ibid., p. 115.

14 Ibid., p. 248.

15 Middle Eastern Affairs, II, p. 417.

16 Current Developments in United States Foreign Policy, January 1952, p. 34.

17 Ibid.,p. 69.

18 New York Times, February 5, 1952.

19 For prior discussions on a European army, see International Organization,VI, p. 146.

20 New York Times, January 23, 1952.

21 Ibid., February 20, 1952; ibid., February 27, 1952.

22 Ibid., January 22, 1952.

23 Chronology, cited above, p. 118.

24 New York Times, April 11, 1952.

25 Chronology, cited above, p. 159.