The IPT met at national representative level approximately once a week, generally at the SG HQ. IPT meetings were attended by the chairman (French, British and American, on a rotational basis), three representatives (one per IPT nation), military representatives invited according to topics discussed (often from the MRC) and the IPT secretary. The RECORD(IPT)s are the records of these meetings. They are a verbatim record of the contri...
RECORD - International Planning Team of the Standing Group
The IPT documents (notes and reports) were produced as part of a study requested by the SG. They were sent by the IPT secretariat to the SG, for information purposes or for approval. These documents contained: the references of NATO civilian and military documents already published on the topic (and often attached as an annex); a reminder of the objectives of the study and the discussions held; an action submitted for approval by the...
D/SECY(IPT) documents are the memoranda sent by Mr H.V. Fraser, a British Colonel and IPT Deputy Secretary. They are addressed to the SG. The information provided is of a military nature: assessments of minimum force requirements for the period 1958-1963 and, more specifically, follow-up to MC/70 on this subject.
Deputy Secretary of the International Planning Team of Standing Group
The documents concern the organization of the military structure (creation of the Standing Group, a Supreme Headquarters in Europe, new regional groups and new committees, and relationships between the various military bodies), the reorganization of that structure, NATO force requirements, consideration of the German participation in the defence of Western Europe, the information security system, standardization, the activities of th...
The records in the EB chronological series contain analyses of the responses by the nations to the questionnaire circulated by the Temporary Council Committee. In addition, the series contains draft Council resolutions and analyses of the organization of NATO and the Temporary Committee. The Executive Board deals with the military and economic problems of the member nations and the military and economic conditions necessary to carry ...
Executive Board of the Temporary Council Committee
The main subject matters of this series concern the work at NATO Headquarters for the MBFR consultations in Vienna and the multilateral preparatory talks in Helsinki on the CSCE. Other topics such as a Swiss proposal on peaceful settlement of disputes, internal development in the Soviet Union, Sino-Soviet relations, Libyan passport policy and successive drafts of the Atlantic Relations Declaration are also included in the series. Thi...
Documents in the AC/137(VKI) chronological series address the working method for assessing the Institute and the minutes of the meeting on 5-7 August 1965. At that meeting, the Institute’s services to the NATO community and the direction to give its work were discussed.
Science Committee Study Group on the Von Karman Institute
Documents in the AC/137(SR) chronological series contain the list of participants at the group’s first meeting and the minutes of that meeting.Several topics were discussed: the status of national space research activities, ways of intensifying international co-operation on space research, the possibility of co-operative research between Western European countries under the science programme, and the training programme for space scie...
Science Committee Advisory Group on Space Research
The AC/137(S) chronological series contains one note and one meeting record.These documents concern student exchanges in NATO countries and the funding for those exchanges. The Working Group also discussed the programme of scholarships granted to students and for summer courses.
The AC/137(RG) chronological series contains two records of meetings held on 15 February and 3 November 1960.These documents concern the NATO science research grant programme, how the grants were awarded and funded, and the choiceof programmes to support.
Science Committee Advisory Panel on NATO Science Research Grants
The AC/137(DR) chronological series contains documents on defence research and ways of enhancing the effectiveness of the solutions available. These documents have two references, AC/137(DR) and AC/74(DR), to indicate the twofold commitment to defence and to research. At the first meeting, the following research topics were suggested: ground- and sea-based equipment, hydrodynamics, applied research, fundamental research and operation...
The AC/127(EWT) chronological series consists of records on the status of the trade negotiations and trade agreements signed between the NATO member nations and the countries of the Soviet bloc.
The AC/52(CE) chronological series consists of a draft report and notes from the member country delegations. It also includes a draft questionnaire to all member countries designed to gather information on Soviet propaganda. The records in this series also contain data on problems related to East-West relations, and suggestions for a possible change in direction in the work of experts aimed at countering Soviet propaganda.
Committee on Information and Cultural Relations - Working Group on the Greek Delegation's proposal
The AC/52(CE) chronological series contains notes communicated by the member states' delegations, and a draft report containing recommendations on the impetus to be given to the Atlantic Alliance's cultural activities at the level of the nations and NATO. It contains information on the NATO research and study fellowship programme, the NATO youth festival which took place in the summer of 1957, the NATO cultural programme an...
Committee on Information and Cultural Relations - Ad Hoc Meeting of Senior Officers in NATO Countries concerned with Government-Sponsored Cultural Activities
This series includes draft papers for submission to the Political Committee, draft reports of the various expert working groups and more generally preparatory work for the Political Committee as well as contributions by delegations.For the period 1973-1974, the documents include the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions discussions in Vienna, national contributions on Soviet relations with the West, Sino-Soviet relations, a Swiss prop...
Chairman and the Secretary of the Political Committee
VKC series records contain reports on the scientific studies performed on 26 different subjects to forecast the state of the art for military implementation up to 1970/75.
Long-Term Scientific Studies for the Standing Group NATO (Von Karman Committee)
The TSP series documents contain notes communicated by the Member Nation Delegations. They contain information on the process of destalinization in the satellite countries, the evolution of employment in the Soviet Union during the period 1949-1956, the reactions to Khrushchev' speech in Italy, and information on the probable effects of the reduction in the Armed Forces in the Soviet Union and on relationships between Yugoslavia...
The NPG series records contain information about all aspects of nuclear issues that were of concern to NATO. From the outset, meetingsof the NPG generally included discussions about issues related to strategic and tactical nuclear forces, anti-ballistic missiles, atomic demolition munitions and the deployment of nuclear weapons and forces in Europe, including arrangements with host countries. The list of subjects discussed by the com...
