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American policy in relation to the U.S.S.R. centered par-
ticularly, in March, upon the North Atlantic Pact. The principal
points made in this connection by the Secretary of State and
other officials of the Government were:
1. The conclusion of the treaty has resulted from world
fear of Soviet policies and actions.
2. This fear is an outgrowth of (a) the Soviet use of
force and coercion, during the four years since the end of
hostilities, to gain objective after objective; (b) Soviet
obstructive tactics in the U.N., preventing the establishment
of international peace and security; and (c) Soviet frustration
of all cooperative efforts of the Western powers to settle
postwar problems.
3. By means of the pact, the parties can make a major
contribution to peace by correcting serious Soviet misconcep-
tions concerning Western civilization and what is possible and
impossible in the relations between the Soviet Union and the
world at large.
On the formation of a world government to achieve a more
perfect union, Ambassador Jessup and Ambassador Austin stated
that if an international government were created the U.S.S.R.
would not join, and the world would be split into at least three
blocs. American efforts to establish cultural and scientific
exchange with the U.S.S.R., to combat the powerful Soviet propa-
ganda machine in all parts of the world, and to strengthen free-
dom of information in contrast to Soviet thought-control, were
the subjects of several releases issued during March. The
Department of State also dealt with continuing aspects of the
Berlin blockade, violation of the peace treaties by the Soviet
satellites, and Soviet anti-American propaganda in Iran.
I. NORTH ATLANTIC PACT
co ARCHIVES "INATIONAL SERVICE'* RECORDS
AND
On March 18 the text of the North Atlantic Pact was
released, Secretary of State Acheson spoke over the radio in
regard to the bearing of the pact on East-West differences,
other officers of the Government participated in a radio forum
dealing with the same subject, and the Department of State
issued a pamphlet discussingSoviet intransigence as leading
to the need for the pact.
Provisions of the Pact. Reaffirming their faith in the
Charter of the United Nations, the parties agree. to strengthen
their free institutions; to consult when any of them is
threatened from without; and to consider an armed attack on
any as an attack against them all. In case of an attack of
that character, each party, under article 51 of the U.N.
Charter,
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