C. Development of the command structure and related problems involving the admission of Greece and Turkey 1
1. Throughout 1951, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was much concerned with the interrelated problems of creating a command structure for the Atlantic and European areas under its responsibility and the geographic expansion of the Organization to the fringes of the Middle East to include Greece and Turkey. The documentation in the following pages focuses upon the diplomatic and politico-military aspects of these problems. In the preparation of this compilation the editors have felt it necessary and appropriate to concentrate their attention upon the files of the Department of State. For papers and exchanges on earlier considerations of Greek and Turkish membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, see Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. iii, pp. 1 ff.
[283] Memorandum of Conversation, by John H. Ferguson of the Policy Planning Staff
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East
[284] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Barbour) to the Secretary of State
740.5/6–151: Telegram
[285] United Kingdom Record of a Meeting Between the British Chiefs of Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Bradley), London, June 8, 1951
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 720 UK
[286] Memorandum of Conversation, by Ridgway B. Knight of the Office of European Regional Affairs
740.5/6–1551
[288] United States Minutes of a United States–United Kingdom Meeting on Questions of Atlantic, Mediterranean and Middle East Commands, Washington, June 19, 1951
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 720 UK
[290] Draft Memorandum Prepared by John Ferguson of the Policy Planning Staff
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723, Near and Middle East
[291] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Bonbright)
740.5/7–651
[292] The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Secretary of State
740.5/7–1151: Telegram
[293] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey
740.5/7–751: Telegram
[294] The Secretary of State to the United States Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council, at London (Spofford)
740.5/7–1451: Telegram
[295] Draft Anglo-United States Agreement Prepared by the United Kingdom Representative on the Standing Group (Elliot)
740.5/7–1451
[296] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Perkins)
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East
[297] Memorandum by John H. Ferguson of the Policy Planning Staff to the Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff (Davis)
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East
[298] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of European Regional Affairs (Martin)
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East
[299] The United States Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council (Spofford) to the Secretary of State
740.5/8–951: Telegram
[300] Working Paper Prepared in the Department of State for the Washington Foreign Ministers Meetings
S/ISA files, lot 52–40, box 119, NAT Council Preparations
[303] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey
740.5/9–2051: Telegram
[304] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey
740.5/9–2051: Telegram
[305] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey
740.5/9–2251: Telegram
[306] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State
740.5/9–2451: Telegram
[307] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State
740.5/9–2251: Telegram
[308] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey
740.5/9–2551: Telegram
[309] The Ambassador in Turkey (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State
780.5/9–2851: Telegram
[310] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council (Spofford), at London
740.5/9–2951: Telegram