ORGANISATION DU TRAITÉ DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION PALAIS DE CHAILLOT NATO UNCLASSIFIED P AR! S-XVl and Tel. : KLEbcr 50-20 PUBLIC DISCLOSED ORIGINAL: FRENCH NATO UNCLASSIFIED PO/ 56/1 "1 34- TOt Permanent Representatives FROM: Secretary General 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 DECLASSIFIED - PUBLIC DISCLOSURE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ - MISE EN LECTURE PUBLIQUE LECTURE EN - MISE / DÉCLASSIFIÉ DISCLOSURE - PUBLIC DECLASSIFIED 11th December, 1956 ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE POUR LA COMMUNAUTE ATLANTIQUE (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 France, René MAYER, Antoine PINAY, Paul RAMADIER 185, rue de la Pompe Paris, 16° - KLE,.15-08 C.C.P. Paris 13.^68-58 -- 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 United Nations; - 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 United States •/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 .