Editorial Note
Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson handed to Greek Ambassador in the United States Athanase G. Politis in New York on October 3 a note verbale of that date extending to Greece a North Atlantic Council (NAC) invitation to participate in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) planning on the defense of the Mediterranean area (Department of State Bulletin, October 16, page 633). A similar invitation had been conveyed to Turkey on September 19 (ibid., page 632), which was accepted on October 2 (ibid., page 633). Greek Ambassador Politis delivered to the Department of State on October 5 a note verbale dated October 4 by which Greece also accepted the NAC invitation (ibid.). (For documentation on the question of the relationship of Greece and Turkey to NATO, see volume iii, pages 1 ff. and 1108 ff.)