12/21/1950
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"It is my firm belief that the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty at this time to include Greece and Turkey--two countries which have been collaborating so effectively with the other members of the..."
"I hope, therefore, that the Senate will find it possible to give early and favorable consideration to this Protocol."
"We will remain in close consultation on the developments which might increase danger to the maintenance of world peace."
"The United States Government is in full accord with the views expressed in the joint statement issued in Paris on December 18, 1951, at the conclusion of the Anglo-French discussions."