Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Western European Security, Volume V, Part 1

Editorial Note

In the course of his visit to Washington, March 14–18, 1953, Belgian Foreign Minister Van Zeeland raised the issue of command structure and jurisdiction within the central sector of NATO. For a record of his discussion of these topics, see the memorandum of conversation by Assistant Secretary of State Merchant, March 16, page 773.