Internal Memorandum Regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Communique - NATO Operations in Eastern Atlantic - 1/18/52
The President and the Prime Minister with their
advisers have had several discussions relating to the
arrangements about the Atlantic Command recommended by
NATO and accepted by the late Government of the United
Kingdom. As a result of their discussions they agreed
that His Majesty's Government and the United States
Government would recommend to NATO certain alterations
in the arrangements designed to extend the United
Kingdom home command to the 100 fathom line. They
also agreed on the desirability of certain changes which
would provide greater flexibility for the control of
operations in the Eastern Atlantic. These changes
however do not go the full way to meet the Prime Minis-
ter's objections to the original arrangements.
Nevertheless the Prime Minister, while not withdrawing
his objections, expressed his readiness to allow the
appointment of a Supreme Commander to go forward in
order that a command structure may be created and
enabled to proceed with the necessary planning in the
Atlantic area. He reserved the right to bring forward
modifieations for the consideration of NATO, if he so
desired, at a later stage.
(D.S. Bul., XXVI, p. 116)
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