Editorial Note
The text of the proposed North Atlantic Pact, printed herein on page 281, was made public on March 18, 1949. On the same day, Secretary of State Acheson delivered an address on “The Meaning of the North Atlantic Pact”. For text of the address, together with a brief statement on the Pact by the U.S. Representative at the United Nations, Warren R. Austin, see Department of State Bulletin, March 27, 1949, pages 384 ff.