Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, European Security and the German Question, Volume III, Part 1

Editorial Note

On October 15, the text of the protocol agreed to by the North Atlantic Deputies providing for the extension of an invitation to the Governments of Greece and Turkey to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was released by the North Atlantic Council Deputies in London. The United States Deputy Representative on the Council, Charles M. Spofford, was authorized to sign on behalf of the United States. Following ratification of the protocol by all member governments, an invitation to Greece and Turkey to accede to the North Atlantic Treaty would be extended by the United States on behalf of all parties, and the protocol would enter into force when Greece and Turkey formally accepted the invitation. The text of the protocol is printed in the Department of State Bulletin, October 22, 1951, page 651, and also in Folliot, Documents on International Affairs, 1951, page 65.