Editorial Note
On July 3, British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison sent Turkish Foreign Minister Fuad Köprülü a memorandum proposing a “package deal” in which British support for Turkish membership in NATO was “contingent upon” Turkey’s willingness to associate itself with the United States, United Kingdom, and France in establishing an integrated allied command headquarters in the Middle East and that subsequently this command be enlarged to include Egypt and the Commonwealth countries, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The Turkish response was affirmative and British officials in Washington subsequently requested United States aid in further “pressuring the Turks along this line” if necessary. See memorandum of conversation, by Mr. Bonbright, July 6, volume III, part 1, page 554.