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Editorial Note

Among the several documents signed on May 27, 1952 at Paris were three protocols relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The first protocol outlined the relations between the European Defense Community and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the second was a guarantee by the members of the European Defense Community to the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the third was a protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty extending guarantees of assistance to the European Defense Community. For the texts of these three protocols, see Documents (R.I.I.A.) for 1952, pages 163–167.