Ike Reports: General Gives Annual Statement to NATO.
Ike Reports: General Gives Annual Statement to NATO.
Clip: 351853_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1573
Original Film: 025-548-02
HD: N/A
Location: France
Timecode: 05:20:45 - 05:21:55
Ike Reports: General Gives Annual Statement to NATO. From his headquarters at SHAPE near Paris, General Eisenhower issues an encouraging report on the organization of NATO troops for the defense of Western Europe. Sitting at desk with a flag and a globe behind him, General DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER says progress toward centralization and unification in Western Europe is an important trend. Mentions the Schumann Plan and the European Defense Force. "We are being bound together in a single economic/political whole to make the peace of this region secure and safe," says Ike.