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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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During the summer of 1953, two questions of political importance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were raised. According to press reports, some NATO members felt that the Council should discuss the questions of Germany and of the policy which the west should adopt if the Soviet Union proposed full withdrawal of all foreign troops from Germany as a prelude to reunification. The eventual agreement, if any were reached, was not made known, but press reports indicated that there were several obstacles to such a discussion: 1) the German Federal Republic was not a member of NATO; 2) the United States did not want to consider publicly alternatives to the European Defense Community; 3) France opposed direct entrance of the German Federal Republic into NATO; and 4)other NATO members felt that the work of the organization should be first in the military, and eventually in the economic social and cultural fields but not in the political-diplomatic field.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activies: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1953 , pp. 609 - 611
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1953

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References

1 New York Times, July 9, 1953.

2 Ibid., July 10, 1953.

3 Ibid., July 27, 1953.

4 Ibid., August 31, 1953.

5 Ibid., September 8, 1953.

6 Ibid., August 14, 1953; The Times (London), 08 19, 1953Google Scholar.

7 New York Times, July 31, 1953.

8 ibid., September 16, 1953.

9 The Times (London), 07 11, 1953Google Scholar.

10 ibid., August 21, 1953; Chronology of Intemational Events and Documents, IX, p. 416, 479.

11 The Times (London), 10 9, 1953Google Scholar.

12 Chronology of International Events and Documents, IX, p. 425, 503; Department of State, Bulletin, XXIX, p. 48Google Scholar.

13 New York Times, August 22, 1953.

14 The Times (London), 09 4, 1953Google Scholar.

15 New York Times, September 9, 1953.

16 Department of State Press Release 533, October 1, 1953.

17 The Times (London), 10 13, 1983Google Scholar.

18 Chronology of International Events and Documents, IX, p. 438.