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NATO Archives exhibition 'Forging the Weapon: the Origins of SHAPE'

19 Dec. 2012

Over the past decade, the NATO Archives, the SHAPE Historical Office, SHAPE Registry and Records, and SHAPE Information and Knowledge Management have been working together to digitize large numbers of microfilm reels containing classified historical documents originating from SHAPE.

NATO Archives presents ''NATO’s First Enlargement''

25 Jul. 2012

On 18 June 2012, the NATO Archives celebrated the 60th anniversary of the accession of Greece and Turkey to the North Atlantic Treaty with a commemorative exhibition titled ‘NATO’s First Enlargement: Greece and Turkey 1952’. The exhibition focused on the accession ceremony and its surrounding events, using publicly disclosed NATO documents to present the historical moment in its formal, political, strategic and public diplomacy contexts.

Official Texts

The North Atlantic Treaty04 Apr. 1949
NATO - April 1952 - April 1957 - Lord Ismay's report to the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Bonn, May 1957
The evolution of NATO political consultation 1949-1962 - Monograph by NATO Historical Officer, 2 May 1963
The Committee of Three
NATO Strategy Documents 1949-1969 - NATO, October 1997
NATO The first five years, 1949-1954 - by Lord Ismay Secretary General of NATO

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NATO Archives Reading Room

According to the NATO approved policy on Public disclosure, documents of thirty years old or older which have been declassified and approved for public disclosure are available for consultation, except those containing information that could affect the privacy of an individual or confidential commercial information.

NATO Documents Series

The records available for consultation consist of chronological sets of documents issued by the International Staff and the NATO Military Authorities between 1949 and 1974.