Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State

INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State TELEGRAPH BRANCH 25-D-X 199 A Action Control: 8992 EUR Rec'd: September 19, 1951 FROM: Ottawa 10:13 p.m. Info SS TO: Secretary of State DECLASSIFIED G E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 L NO: SECTO 22, September 19, 4 p.m. State Dept. Guideline, June 9, 1999 SISA pe OJJCCT NLY 81-1 NEA By NLT- He NARS, Date 6.24.fl DCL NIACT. OLI DOR DEPT PASS . LONDON, PARIS, ANKARA, SENT DEPT SEC TO 22, RPTD INFO NIACT LONDON, PARIS, ANKARA, ATHENS. Fol is proposed message from Pres to Pres of Turkey on assumption NATO Council acts favorably on admission Greece and Turkey to NATO as it is expected to do today or tomorrow. This message has been approved by the Secy, Gen Bradley, and Secy Pace. It shld be cleared with Secy Lovett prior to submission to Pres. Any comment by Embassies London, Paris, Ankara and Athens requested as matter of urgency. It is suggested Dept draft parallel tel to Prime Min, Greece, eliminating para 6 which includes reference to ME command and making other suitable rephrasing. It is hoped that approval of Pres can be obtained and tel held to be sent out immed after receipt of word from Ottawa that the Pres of the Council has formally notified Greece and Turkey of Council action. Message has been shown to both Brit and Fr. Brit are sending parallel message from Morrisor to Turk FONMIN, probably to be followed by message from Attlee to Turk Pres. French plan no (rpt no) such high level approach. UK plans send Slim to accompany Bradley. Fr will probably name corresponding representa- tive : We must also in some way inform other "NATO countries of dispatch of high-level mil reps before message goes. We are considering how best to do this and will advise when accomplished. These messages have been drafted in light of Ankara's 261 and 262 to the Dept, rptd Ottawa, which were most helpful. "I wish to convey to you my deep personal gratification, as well as that of my govt, at the decision of the NAT Counci itg in Ottawa that, subject to ratification by their govts, they wld extend to Turkey an invitation to become a full member of the NATO. I am sure that you have by this time received from the Pres of the Council a formal notifica- tion of this action. "I am particularly pleased with this decision because I know that it represents the fulfillment of a deep desire on the part of REPRODUCTION OF THIS SECRET MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED