Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conference end, the NATO heads of state issued a Declaration of Principles and a communique. In both were words to which the people of the Atlantic community, and people everywhere, could rally. Excerpts...
...alliance, freely concluded between independent nations, lies in our fundamental unity, in the face of the danger which threatens us. Thanks to this fundamental unity, we can overcome our difficulties and bring into harmony our individual points of view." The Secretary-General and the permanent representatives to NATO were instructed to insure effective consultation and, where necessary, to seek conciliation of policy disputes among members...
Disarmament. "The NATO Council will neglect no possibility of restricting armaments within the limits imposed by security . . . We state our willingness to promote, preferably within the framework of the United Nations, any negotiations with the Soviet Union likely to lead to implementation of disarmament proposals...
...NATO Defense. "NATO has decided to establish stocks of nuclear warheads which will be readily available for the defense of the alliance in case of need. In view of the present Soviet policies in the field of new weapons, the Council has also decided to put intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the disposal of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The deployment of these stocks and missiles and arrangements for their use will be decided in conformity with NATO defense plans and in agreement with the states directly concerned...
Only on the first day of the meeting did Ike show any inclination to husband his energy. When the second of the day's two conference sessions ran past 8 o'clock, he begged off attending a black-tie dinner given by NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak. Rumors that the President was ill promptly swept through the press corps. Grinned Ike: "Tell those gentlemen I am a 9:30 or 10 o'clock boy tonight...