Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 3/12/39
Title
Draft letter from Ismay to Dana Wilgress, Oct 1956, about a proposed meeting, with notes on the military organisation of NATO
Date(s)
- 1956 Oct 8 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
Scope and content
Letter from Ismay to L Dana Wilgress, Permanent Representative of Canada, North Atlantic Council suggesting he write to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) deputies proposing a private meeting of the Council on reorganisation of the military side of NATO. With office note by Ismay explaining that above letter was overtaken by events and hence never sent; notes [by Ismay] on the military structure of NATO discussing the lack of integration between the political and military thinking of NATO. Typescript, 5pp