A. Development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States financial assistance for the defense of Western Europe 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. iii, pp. 1 ff.


[7] The Under Secretary of State (Webb) to the President

Secretary’s memoranda, lot 53 D 444


[10] The Administrator for Economic Cooperation (Foster) to the United States Special Representative in Europe (Katz) at Paris

ECA message files, FRC 53 A 278, Paris Torep, telegram


[15] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

740.5/1–1251: Telegram


[16] The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic and ECA Missions

740.5/1–1551: Circular telegram


[18] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

740.5/1–1951: Telegram


[21] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

740.5/1–2651: Telegram


[22] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Secretary of State

740.5/1–3051: Telegram


[30] Draft Record of Department of State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Pentagon Building, Washington, February 20, 1951, 3 p.m.

State–JCS meetings, lot 61 D 417, Jan–June 1951