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The European Neutrals and the Atlantic Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

Jacques Freymond
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When major plans for European or Atlantic integration are under discussion, European neutrals receive little attention. Much concern is expressed over the impact of the European Economic Community or of an Atlantic Community upon Latin America, Africa, or Asia, and considerable care is exercised to alleviate apprehension, to quiet fears, to subdue sharp reactions, and, finally, to prevent retaliatory action. But the situation of the small neutral European states is only mentioned in passing. In the last analysis, more consideration is shown for distant and often hostile neutralists than for neutral, but friendly, neighbors.

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International Organization , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , Summer 1963 , pp. 592 - 609
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1963

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1 Jakobson, Max, “Finland's Foreign Policy,” International Affairs (London), 04 1962 (Vol. 38, No. 2)Google Scholar. See also Kastari, Paavo, “La Présidence de la République en Finlande,” translated into French by Perret, J. L. (Neufchatel: La Baconnière, 1962)Google Scholar.

2 Statement made on July 28, 1962, during the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community (mimeographed).

3 Ibid.

4 Statement made on September 24, 1962. Mimeographed text distributed by the Federal Political Department.

5 Foreign Trade of Finland by Area, in 1961. Second annual report of the European Free Trade Association, 07 I, 1961–June 30, 1962 (Geneva), p. 39Google Scholar.

6 Finland and Greece are included in the EFTA and EEC totals given above, and the Soviet Union is included in the Eastern bloc percentages.

7 Statement of July 28, 1962, loc. cit.

8 Le Monde, January 13–14, 1963.

9 Mimeographed text. Private files.

10 See in that connection Max Jakobson, loc. cit.; see also Harpe, Werner von, Die Sowjetunion, Finnland und Skandinavien 1945–1955 (Tubingen: Arbeitsgemeinschaft fiir Ostcuropaforschung, 1956)Google Scholar.

11 See in particular the statement made by Raab, Chancellor Julius on behalf of the government to the National Council on 03 23, 1960Google Scholar, during the debate on Austrian participation in EFTA in Österreichische Zeitschrijt für Aussenpolitik., February 1961 (No. 3), pp. 186 ff. For a study of Austrian neutrality see the numerous articles of Professor Alfred Verdross and in particular: Die Immerwahrende Neutralitἂt der Republic Österreich(Wien: Bundesministerium für Unterricht, 1958, p. 30. See also Stourzh, Gerald, “Austrian Neutrality, Its Establishment and Its Significance,” Internationale Spectator, 03 8, 1960 (14th Year, No. 5), p. 28Google Scholar.

12 Letter of December 12, 1961, to the European Economic Community.

13 Österreichische Zeitschrift für Aussenpolitik, 10 1960 (No. 1), p. 18Google Scholar.

14 Mimeographed text.

15 Le Monde, January 16, 1963.

16 Christian Herter, A., “Atlantica,” Foreign Affairs, 01 1963 (Vol. 41, No. 2), pp. 299 ffCrossRefGoogle Scholar. See also various resolutions adopted by NATO Parliamentarians during various conferences held in 1961 and 1962.

17 Address delivered before the Economic Club of Chicago. Department of State Bulletin, 03 12, 1962 (Vol. 46, No. 1185), pp. 419–425Google Scholar.