Atlantic Pact

Year Published: 1949

Description: The birth of NATO. Yippee! Universal International, 1949. Narrated by Ed Herlihy. Home transfer from 16mm original. The newsreel discusses a meeting in Paris where delegates from Western Europe and the United States, including General Omar Bradley, convened to draft a common defense program against potential threats from Russia and its Eastern European allies. President Truman's approval was crucial for American military aid, and Secretary of Defense Lewis Johnson emphasized that the U.S. would not support the rearmament of Germany. The delegates recognized the need for a coordinated strategy to ensure the defense of democratic nations. Keywords defense, Atlantic Pact, military aid, Truman, Johnson, Europe, Russia, rearmament, strategy, democracy

Complete Record: The birth of NATO. Yippee! Universal International, 1949. Narrated by Ed Herlihy. Home transfer from 16mm original. The newsreel discusses a meeting in Paris where delegates from Western Europe and the United States, including General Omar Bradley, convened to draft a common defense program against potential threats from Russia and its Eastern European allies. President Truman's approval was crucial for American military aid, and Secretary of Defense Lewis Johnson emphasized that the U.S. would not support the rearmament of Germany. The delegates recognized the need for a coordinated strategy to ensure the defense of democratic nations. Keywords defense, Atlantic Pact, military aid, Truman, Johnson, Europe, Russia, rearmament, strategy, democracy

Transcription

[Music] in paris delegates from western europe and the united states including general omar bradley meet to draft a common defense program the approval of the agreement as far as american military aid is concerned rests with president truman secretary of defense lewis johnson takes a leading role at the conference as does united states emissary w available mostly the delegates were in agreement on the steps that must be taken to combat russia and her eastern european satellite nations one of the main problems concerned the suggestion that germany be re-armed secretary johnson firmly stated that the united states has no intention of rearming germany even with present military aid the nations of western europe are weak on defense should a red attack occur they might yield atlantic bank countries realize they must coordinate their strategy to keep democratic nations free

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