Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Western European Integration and Security, Canada, Volume VII, Part 1

180. Telegram From the Mission at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State⁰

Paris, December 18, 1958, 9 p.m.

Polto 1756. Following is text resolution on defense as adopted Ministerial meeting December 18 (see cable reporting December 18 discussion under Agenda Item III).¹

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The North Atlantic Council

Having discussed in their various aspects the problems facing the Alliance in the defense field, in the light of reports by the NATO military and civil authorities on the present status of the military effort of the Alliance; and having adopted the resolution on the 1958 Annual Review;²

(1) Invites the Secretary General, in agreement with member governments, and if necessary through visits to NATO capitals, to follow up in the new year the problems involved for each NATO country in the implementation of the recommendations put forward by the military authorities and the International Staff during the 1958 Annual Review.

(2) Invites the Permanent Council to pursue actively the study of measures to strengthen the NATO defense effort in light of the proposals made by ministers during the discussion.

(3) Invites the Secretary General to submit to the Council at the Ministerial meeting in April 1959, a report on the progress made in implementation of this resolution.

Burgess

0. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–PA/12–1858. Secret. Repeated to London and pouched to the other NATO capitals.
1. Document 179.
2. See Document 174.