740.5/6–2051: Telegram
The United States Deputy Representative at the North Atlantic Council (Spofford) to the Secretary of State 1
Depto 1152. Deputies 48th mtg June 19.
1. At signature agreement on status NAT forces UK FonMin Morrison said NATO is heart of UK foreign policy. Noted achievements [Page 188] in organizational phase NATO and was confident same cooperative spirit wld prevail in solving major problems of production and sharing burden of financing of defense effort now faced. Expressed hope that NATO, now primarily concerned with defense, wld lead to even closer association within Atlantic community.2
2. Resolution on interim application military status agreement adopted.3 Noted French statement that SHAPE status agreement nearly complete and that similar agreements anticipated for subordinate headquarters.4
[Here follows the remainder of the report on the Council Deputies meeting of June 19 which was concerned with a variety of other topics.]
- This telegram was repeated to all NATO capitals and to Frankfurt, Heidelberg, and Wiesbaden.↩
- Regarding the signing of the agreement between the parties of the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the status of armed forces, see the editorial note, p. 186.↩
- The resolution, designated D–D (51) 140, was originally approved by the Council Deputies working group on May 31, and the text was transmitted in telegram Depto 1028, May 31, from London. It stated that some of the provisions of the status-of-forces agreement could be implemented by administrative action without the necessity for legislation and that such implementation would be useful in the period before the agreement was ratified. (740.5/5–3151)↩
- Regarding the agreements under reference here, see footnote 8, p. 177.↩