Word: pacts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, the Council of the Organization of American States had met in an emergency session to consider the invasion of Costa Rica. Daniels was the U.S. representative. He dragged his feet until convinced that enthusiasm for the newly ratified Rio pact was general and genuine...
...would be illegal for Congress to obligate itself ahead of time to declare war in the event of a Russian invasion of western Europe. Senator Vandenberg and other exports, however, have found many loopholes in this technical point which make it clear that the United States can join the pact if it wants to. The question is: should...
Advocates of the pact maintain that since the United States is already morally committed to defend western Europe just as surely as if it were still filled with American soldiers no actual additional military obligation on our part would result from our participation. The advantages would be great. By putting our already-incurred commitments down on paper, we would do much to bolster the center-party governments on the continent by proving to the people of France and the Benelux nations that we will not desert them in case of a Russian invasion. There is still a very real segment...
...main objections are the same which apply is every aspect of the "Get tough with Russia" policy; the Pact would increase the rift between East and West; it would again decrease the chances of an eventual reconciliation; and it would be an invitation for Russia to launch a retaliative measure. In other words, the Pact might become just another link in the international game of tit-for-tat which brings war closer and closer...
Dealing with such extreme generalities, involving who thinks what in terms of nations and governments, it is extremely difficult to judge the alternatives. Before the State Department's experts recommend our signing the Pact, they must be sure that this would not preclude negotiations with Russia in the future and that the psychological lift to Europe outbalances the additional irritant factor. Under these circumstances, United States participation in the North Atlantic Pact takes on the aspect of an unfortunate necessity...