C. Development of the command structure and related problems involving the admission of Greece and Turkey 1

1. Throughout 1951, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was much concerned with the interrelated problems of creating a command structure for the Atlantic and European areas under its responsibility and the geographic expansion of the Organization to the fringes of the Middle East to include Greece and Turkey. The documentation in the following pages focuses upon the diplomatic and politico-military aspects of these problems. In the preparation of this compilation the editors have felt it necessary and appropriate to concentrate their attention upon the files of the Department of State. For papers and exchanges on earlier considerations of Greek and Turkish membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, see Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. iii, pp. 1 ff.


[283] Memorandum of Conversation, by John H. Ferguson of the Policy Planning Staff

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East


[284] The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Barbour ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/6–151: Telegram


[289] The Department of State to the British Embassy

740.5/7–351


[290] Draft Memorandum Prepared by John Ferguson of the Policy Planning Staff

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723, Near and Middle East


[292] The Ambassador in France ( Bruce ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/7–1151: Telegram


[293] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey

740.5/7–751: Telegram


[296] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs ( Perkins )

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East


[298] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of European Regional Affairs ( Martin )

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, 723 Near and Middle East


[300] Working Paper Prepared in the Department of State for the Washington Foreign Ministers Meetings

S/ISA files, lot 52–40, box 119, NAT Council Preparations


[303] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey

740.5/9–2051: Telegram


[304] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey

740.5/9–2051: Telegram


[305] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey

740.5/9–2251: Telegram


[306] The Ambassador in Turkey ( Wadsworth ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/9–2451: Telegram


[307] The Ambassador in Turkey ( Wadsworth ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/9–2251: Telegram


[308] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Turkey

740.5/9–2551: Telegram


[309] The Ambassador in Turkey ( Wadsworth ) to the Secretary of State

780.5/9–2851: Telegram