Editorial Note
General Bradley arrived in Athens on October 10, accompanied by Field Marshal Slim and General Lecheres for discussions with Greek officials concerning Greek accession to NATO. For information on the talks in Athens, see telegram 1707 from Athens, October 12, and telegram 349 from Ankara, October 12, in volume III, part 1, pages 594 and 596. On October 12, the three-man mission and its accompanying staffs arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish governmental and military officials concerning Turkey’s role in NATO and in the proposed Middle East Command.