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Political Cooperation in the North Atlantic Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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When the North Atlantic Treaty was negotiated in the critical days of 1948–1949, it was hoped that this arrangement might be helpful in assisting the contracting parties to build up sufficient strength to deter aggression in Europe and to augment their diplomatic influence so that they could negotiate with the U.S.S.R. from a more advantageous position than they had held since 1945.

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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1955

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References

1 Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 81st Congress, 1st Session on Executive L, North Atlantic Treaty (Washington, 1949), Part I, p. 3233, 269–271Google Scholar.

2 Senate Executive Report No. 8, 81st Congress, 1st Session, Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations on Executive L, The North Atlantic Treaty (Washington, 1949), p. 10Google Scholar.

3 External Affairs, April 1949, p. 16, 19.

4 Report, op. cit., p. 11–12.

5 Extracts from Minutes of Standing Committee on External Affairs, House of Commons, May 24, 1955, P. 541–542.