ARMED HELP CLAUSE FOR ATLANTIC PACT
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.
The use of armed aid has been restored to the draft of the proposed North Atlantic Pact, according to the Washington correspondent of the New York Times (James Reston). He says that the sense of the disputed article now is: “That in the event of armed attack on one of them, the signatories would assist each other in such ways—and also, if necessary,' with armed force —as would seem desirable to defend the North Atlantic area.” Reston saysr “The new draft is not as direct- as the former version, which would have obliged the signatories to ‘take military or other action forthwith’ in the event of armed attack against one of the.pact members; but it does restore the reference to armed force, which was recently eliminated at the suggestion of senator Tom Connally (Democrat) and ’ Senator Arthur Vandenburg (Republican). “The Secretary of State (Mr Dean Acheson) will consult the Ambassadors of Britain, ‘ Canada, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg .tomorrow on the new version of the draft, and will submit it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next week, when approval is likely.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1949, Page 6
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