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MR. HARRIMANs
May I finish a couple of sentences on this? I thought that if we had
gradually developed the U.S. and Canadian association with NATO on the
step by step basis; begin to consider, for instance, the rau material
problem in all the North Atlantic Communt.
M. ACHESON:
With OEC?
HARRIMAN:
With OLC, I should say with O.F.C., that we could begin to get the im-
portant factors whore the North American countries were specifich
involved, but that was never pushed forward because of course, we got
parts of
involved in Korea and all such problems came forward, and we had the
raw interial committees in Washington. But I think the wealmess adonts
of Article 2, which we should recognise, is that it doesn't include the
three important countries of Turope. And if we are ever to get along
with the concept of Article 2, that either of these three co ntries would
have to join NATO or else wey their idea being of using OEC as the medium
to implement Article 2, is the correct one.
MR. NITZE:
Article 2 came up though in ono other connection and that was that the
council itself felt that it should have an opportunity to discuss political
the
matters of importance to council members, even though they were not
the
a straight defense of the NATO territory. I remomber vanted
to tolle about Creece and Turkey, prior to the time Groece and Turkey
carre in, this issue of Trieste from time to time they wanted to discuss
and the question of our replics to the Russian notes, for instance. They
vanted to have an opportunity to corment on those in advance. They
generally wanted to get into the over-all panoply of polatical problems,
even though they didn't bear particularly on NATO action, as NATO.
MR. ACHESON:
That led to a paper on the discussion of political questions in the
permnent council. Finally worked it out in some way, I've forgotten
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