ORGANISATION DU TRAITÉ DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

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TOt Permanent Representatives

FROM: Secretary

Resolution adopted "b.y the Steering Committee of the "Association Française pour la Communauté Atlantique"

I have heen requested hy Mr. Pierre Mahias, Secretary' General of the Association Française pour la Communauté Atlantique'1, to forward to the North Atlantic Council the attached text of a resolution adopted hy the Steering Committee of that Association at a recent meeting.

(Signed) ISMAY

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(Régie par la Loi de 1901)

Président. : M. Georges BIDAULT

comité de Patronage: MM. Jacques BARDOUX, EdwardCORNIGLION- MOLINIER, Alfred COSTE-FLORET, René COURTIN, Alphonse JUIN, Maréchal: de , René MAYER, Antoine PINAY, Paul RAMADIER

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L'ASSOCIATION FRAITO AI SE POUR LA COMMUNAUTE ATLANTIQUE.

conscious of the serious rift which the recent crisis has produced in the Atlantic Alliance

calls for

the adoption of a common attitude hy member countries of the Alliance where their vital interests are concerned; .

the creation of a joint executive "body responsible for defending the higher interests of the Community.

To this end it proposes:

- a united stand and common policy on the part of member countries in all debates in international bodies, more particularly in the Security Council and the General Assembly of the ;

- the linking of the Atlantic Pact to security pacts covering other regions of the free world, in particular the Baghdad Pact and SEATO ;

DECLASSIFIED - PUBLIC DISCLOSURE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ - MISE EN LECTURE PUBLIQUE LECTURE EN - MISE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ DISCLOSURE - PUBLIC DECLASSIFIED - the revival of the policy of European unification, which is essential to the stability and to the future of the Altantic Pact; NATO UNCLASSIFIED -k- . , PO/56/113U '

- the -establishment of a common policy for the •/and 'Europe with regard to the problems' of the underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia;

Conseguently, it calls for the strengthening of the/effectiveness of the Alliance hy:

- the creation of a genuine executive body at the.head of NATO; composed of politically responsible representatives' from the various governments ;

- the permanent functioning of the executive body by frequent sessions of longer duration;

- empowering! .the executive body to call for information from member countries on any development affecting the Alliance;

- empowering the executive body to discuss any difference of opinion arising between two member countries» DECLASSIFIED - PUBLIC DISCLOSURE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ - MISE EN LECTURE PUBLIQUE LECTURE EN - MISE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ DISCLOSURE - PUBLIC DECLASSIFIED