Editorial Note
The Soviet Ambassador in Norway, S. A. Afanasyev, on January 29 presented to the Norwegian Foreign Office a statement of his Government’s views regarding the projected North Atlantic Treaty and the possibility of Norway’s adherence to it. References to the content of this statement and the Norwegian reply of February 1 are found in a second Soviet statement delivered to the Norwegian Foreign Office on February 5 and transmitted to the Department of State in despatch No. 51 from Oslo, February 10, page 91.