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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Ministerial Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its eleventh annual ministerial review at NATO headquarters in Paris from December 16 to 18, 1960. The main topic of discussion at the meeting was the announcement by United States Secretary of State Christian Herter of what he reportedly termed a new concept for the operation of medium-range ballistic missiles. The United States plan included: 1) a proposal that NATO discuss a multilateral system for the political control of the weapons; 2) an offer to place five ballistic missile submarines armed with 80 Polaris missiles under the command of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), by the end of 1963; and 3) a suggestion that the other members of the alliance contribute approximately 100 more medium-range ballistic missiles by purchasing them in the United States. The press reported that Lord Home, Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, welcomed the United States proposal and said that NATO should examine the possibility of a medium-range ballistic missile force under multilateral control, a suggestion in which M. Couve de Murville, the French Foreign Minister, concurred. The West German Defense Minister, Franz Joseph Strauss, told the Ministers, the press announced, that concrete decisions on the United States proposal should be taken in the near future, and that plans for NATO control of the Polaris missile force should be pushed through by military and political authorities early in the spring of 1961. The Council of Ministers decided to pass on to its Permanent Comand other related materials, according to the press.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , Spring 1961 , pp. 326 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1961

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References

1 The New York Times, December 17, 18, and 19, 1960, and The Times (London), 12 17, 18, and 19, 1960Google Scholar. For information on previous activities of NATO, see International Organization, Autumn 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 4), p. 355–358CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 NATO Letter, 01 1961 (Vol. 9, No. 1), p. 13–14Google Scholar. See also The New York Times, December 19, 1960.

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5 Ibid., January 1961 (Vol. 9, No. 1), p. 12.

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16 Ibid., November 1960 (Vol. 8, No. 11), p. 16–17.

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