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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizaton (NATO) met on February 14, 1957, to hear the United Kingdom Permanent Representative, Sir Frank Roberts, discuss the proposed changes in the United Kingdom defense system and the reduction of United Kingdom forces in continental Europe. It was reported that the United Kingdom case was presented in the light of financial and economic difficulties in the United Kingdom. At a Council meeting on February 22, in Paris, General Norstad (Supreme Allied Commander Europe) reportedly expressed concern, not so much at the suggestion of the reduction of United Kingdom forces as at the possible effect of such reduction on other NATO members. Opposition to the United Kingdom plan was reported to have existed at the Council's subsequent closed meetings, ending without agreement on March 13. It was reported on March 19 that the United Kingdom would defer the major share of the cuts until the Council, at the request of the Western European Union, could study the proposals and review the military resources of NATO.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1957 , pp. 394 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1957

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References

1 NATO Letter, March 1957, p. 3.

2 The Times (London), 02 23, 1957Google Scholar.

3 New York Times, March 14, 1957.

4 Ibid., March 20, 1957.

5 The Times (London), 03 25, 1957Google Scholar.

6 Ibid., March 21, 22, 1957.

7 New York Times, February 2, 1957.

8 Ibid., February 16, 1957.

9 Ibid., March 4, 1957.

10 The Times (London), 01 14, 1957Google Scholar.

11 NATO Letter, November 1956, p. 13.

12 Ibid., November 1956, p. 12.

13 Ibid., March 1957, p. 10.

14 Ibid., January 1957, p. 10.

15 Ibid., February 1957, p. 12.

16 Ibid., November 1956, p. 16.

17 Ibid., March 1957, p. 6.

18 Ibid., November 1956, p. 2.

19 Ibid., December 1956, p. 3.

20 Ibid., November 1956, p. 11.

21 Ibid., November 1956, p. 12.

22 Ibid., January 1957, p. 9.

23 Ibid., March 1957, p. 11.

24 The Times (London), 02 5, 1957Google Scholar.

25 New York Times, February 8, 1957.