No. 201
Editorial Note
On April 2, Turkey and Pakistan signed an Agreement for Friendly Cooperation, providing for consultation on international matters of mutual interest; continuing cultural, economic, and technical cooperation; consultation and cooperation on certain defense matters; and accession of “any state, whose participation is considered by the contracting parties useful for achieving the purposes of the present agreement.” The agreement was to last for 5 years and be automatically renewable for additional 5-year periods unless denounced a year before each such period ended. The key security provisions of the agreement are listed in the footnote to paragraph 6(b) of NSC 5428, Document 219. The text of the agreement is printed in Documents (R.I.I.A.) for 1954, pages 185–186.