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Updated: 17-Apr-2001 NATO - April 1952 - April 1957




by Lord Ismay

First
Secretary General
of NATO
and vice Chairman
of the
North Atlantic Council

(1952-1957)

 

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NATO - April 1952 - April 1957

Text of Lord Ismay's report to the Ministerial Meeting
of the North Atlantic Council in Bonn, May 1957

Foreword by Lord Ismay

The purpose of this Report is to indicate the principal developments which have taken place in NATO since we moved to Paris in April 1952, and, without entering too much detail, to present an idea of the progress that has been made in the principal NATO activities during the past five years.

Index

    1. The Lisbon Reorganization
    2. The Council
    3. The International Staff
    4. Secretary General's tours
    5. New Headquarters for NATO
    6. Military Organization
    7. The Annual Review
    8. Production and standardisation
    9. Infrastructure
    10. Civil Emergency Planning
    11. The Committee of three
    12. Political Co-operation
    13. Disputes between member countries
    14. Economic Co-operation
    15. Co-operation in the social and cultural fields
    16. Information
    17. NATO Parliamentarians
    18. Voluntary organizations
    19. Aerial navigation

List of annexes

Annex A:

Chart showing North Atlantic Council Committee Strucure in 1952

Annex B:

Chart showing North Atlantic Council Committee structure in April 1957

Annex C:

Chart showing organization of International Staff in 1952

Annex D:

Chart showing organization of International Staff in 1957
Annex E: Chart showing breakdown of nationalities in officer grades
Annex F: List of national voluntary organizations

 

The North Atlantic Council, meeting in Ministerial session at Bonn on May 2nd, 1957, approved this report by Lord Ismay and released it for publication.

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