ALTANTIC PACT NATIONS
AGREEMENT ON SEA DEFENCES WASHINGTON, August 17. Leading naval officers of 10 North Atlantic Pact nations had reached complete agreement on the protection of sea lanes and coastal defence against a possible aggressor, said Admiral William M. Fechteler, of the United States Navy, to-day. . Admiral Fechteler made his announcement after a two-day secret meeting of officers in the Ocean Regipnal Planning Group of the North Atlantic Pact nations. Admiral Fechteler said that the group, which was a subsidiary of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, would meet frequently in future. This-decision reflected the increased tempo of military preparations, brought about by the Korean war.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19500819.2.35
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 259, 19 August 1950, Page 5
Word Count
106ALTANTIC PACT NATIONS Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 259, 19 August 1950, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in