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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Council

The twelfth session of the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was held in Paris, December 14 to 16, 1953, under the chairmanship of French Foreign Minister Bidault. Prior to the opening of the Council session, the permanent representatives of the NATO members and the Military Committee held a series of meetings in Paris preparing the annual review of the military situation of NATO and estimates and recommendations for future action. According to information appearing in the press, the military experts of NATO did not emphasize in this report, as they had done in the past, the need or desirability of numerical increases in NATO armed forces; instead, they were reported to emphasize the need for improving the quality, maintenance, and supplies of existing forces. At a press conference on December 11, Admiral Qvistgaard (Denmark), Chairman of the Military Committee, said that the committee was “satisfied” with the military progress of NATO in 1953 and that force goals set at the April 1953 meeting of the NATO Council had been “substantially achieved”. The Committee shared the view, however, of the Supreme Commander, Allied Forces, Europe (SACEUR, Gruenther) that the Supreme Command (SCAP) was deficient in airpower. In analyzing current Soviet strength, Admiral Qvistgaard said that the Committee saw no sign of a slackening of Soviet strength. Studies on the effect of atomic weapons on NATO defense plans were not yet completed, the Admiral continued. He added that it was the view of the Committee that NATO had nearly reached a state of preparedness which represented what most countries considered their maximum effort.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 1954 , pp. 402 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1954

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References

1 For information on the eleventh session of the NATO Council, see International Organization, VII, p. 434; for information on developments since the eleventh session, see ibid., p. 609–611.

2 The Times (London), 12 10, 1953Google Scholar.

3 Ibid., December 12, 1953.

4 New York Times, December 17, 1953.

5 Ibid., December 16, 1953.

6 For further information on the EDC treaty, see below, p. 409.

7 The Times (London), 12 15, 1953Google Scholar.

8 New York Times, December 17, 1953.

9 Ibid., December 15, 1953; The Times (London), 12 14, 1953Google Scholar.

10 New York Times, December 17, 1953.

11 Ibid., December 16, 1953.

12 Ibid., December 17, 1953.

13 Ibid..

14 Ibid., December 16, 1953.

15 Ibid., April 22, 1954; ibid., April 25, 1954.

16 Department of State, Bulletin, XXX, p. 670Google Scholar.

17 New York Times, April 25, 1954.

18 Ibid., April 13, 1954.

19 Ibid., April 10, 1954.

20 Ibid., April 24, 1954.

21 Ibid., April 6, 1954; The Times (London), 06 1, 1954Google Scholar.

22 New York Times, March 28, 1954; The Times (London), 04 2, 1954Google Scholar.

23 New York Times, April 7, 1954.

24 Ibid., May 6, 1954.

25 New York Times, December 16, 1953.

26 Ibid., January 9, 1954.

27 The Times (London), 01 20, 1954Google Scholar.

28 Ibid., February 26, 1954.

29 Ibid., January 28, 1954; New York Times, January 28, 1954.

30 For the text of the Soviet proposal, see Department of State Publication 5399, p. 231–232.

31 For the text of Mr. Dulles' statement, see ibid., p. 162–164.

32 New York Times, April 1, 1954; ibid., April 2, 1954; ibid., May 8, 1954; The Times (London), 04 5, 1954Google Scholar; ibid., April 8, 1954.

33 New York Times, December 16, 1953.

34 Chronology of International Events and Documents, IX, p. 656.

35 The Times (London), 05 13, 1954Google Scholar.

36 New York Times, December 26, 1953.

37 For previous information on this treaty, see International Organization, VII, p. 440, 611.

38 New York Times, December 22, 1953; ibid., May 2, 1954; ibid., May 18, 1954; ibid., June 3, 1954; The Times (London), 05 18, 1954Google Scholar.

39 The Times (London), 02 18, 1954Google Scholar; New York Times, June 3, 1954.

40 Department of State, Bulletin, XXIX, p. 435Google Scholar; texts of the treaties appear in ibid., p. 436–442.