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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Council

On July 16, the Council of the North Adantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its seventeenth ministerial session in Paris under the chairmanship of Stephanos Stephanopolos, Foreign Minister of Greece. According to press reports, the session had been arranged to provide an opportunity for the foreign ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States to exchange views with their NATO colleagues prior to the Geneva Conference. The one-day meeting agreed that the unification of Germany was the issue of primary importance to be discussed at Geneva. Nothing should be done to prejudice the ultimate uniting of Germany by free elections or its right to choose its own foreign policy when unified. Following the remarks of Mr. Spaak, it was agreed that the defense system built around the Adantic coalition was not negotiable, and that the NATO system should not be subject to discussion with die Soviet Union. Germany should remain in this system whatever new agreement on arms limitations might be reached, and a united Germany should have the right to adhere to the system if it so chose. Mr. Spaak urged that the two sides should agree at Geneva not to increase their forces rather than try to agree on immediate major reductions in armaments.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1955 , pp. 574 - 578
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1955

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References

1 NATO Letter, August 1955, p. 2.

2 New York Times, June 15, 1955.

3 Chronology of International Events, XI, p. 468; New York Times, July 17, 1955; The Times (London), 07 18, 1955Google Scholar.

4 NATO Letter, August 1955, p. 3.

5 Ibid.

6 New York Times, September 9, 1955.

7 Chronology…, cited above, p. 351; New York Times, May 27, 1955.

8 New York Times, August 7, 1955.

9 Ibid., August 26, 1955.

10 Ibid.

11 Department of State Press Release 365, June 17, 1955.

12 Ibid., 408, June 30, 1955; Chronology…, cited above, p. 412.

13 Department of State Press Release 440, July 19, 1955.

14 Ibid., 463, July 29, 1955.

15 Chronology… cited above, p. 426.

16 New York Times, July 15, 1955.

17 The Times (London), July 6, 1955.

18 NATO Letter, August 1955, p. 10; New York Times, July 26, 1955.

19 Chronology…, cited above, p. 411. NATO Letter, August 1955, p. 13.

20 New York Times, September 13, 1955.

21 NATO Letter, August 1955, p. 9.

22 New York Times, July 21, 1955. According to Chronology…, cited above, p. 471, the United States House of Representatives had approved a resolution on July 17 advising admission of Spain to NATO.

23 New York Times, July 19, 21, and 22, 1955.

24 NATO Letter, July 1955.

25 Chronology… cited above, p. 377.

26 Ibid.., p. 381.

26a See International Organization, IX, p. 445–446.

27 The above summary of the Geneva Conference is based on Chronology…, cited above, p. 450–455, 457, and NATO Letter, August 1955, p. 4–7.

28 Chronology…, cited above, p. 416; see International Organization, IX, p. 445.

29 Chronology…, cited above, p. 439.

30 See International Organization, IX, p. 303.

31 New York Times, July 1, 1955; The Times (London), 07 2, 1955Google Scholar.

32 The Times (London), 07 4, 1955Google Scholar; see International Organization, IX, p. 445.