This sub-sub series consists of those records of the Food and Agriculture Planning Committee between 1952 and 1989 that have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover supply issues, coordinating national supply data, availability of fertilizers, national and international stockpiling and storage, and the protection of foodstuffs from the effects of nuclear, chemica...
This sub-sub-series consists of those records of the Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport Sub Committee on Ports, Beaches, and Inland Waterways (AC/15(PB-IWT) between 1966 and 1988 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a range of subjects discussed by the sub committee, including but not limited to, different types of cargo handling a...
Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport - Ports, Beaches and Inland Waterways Transport Sub-Committee (PB/IWT)
The documents in the AC/15(SG) chronological series report on the work of the Restricted Committee, the point of view of SHAPE on decisions to be taken, and relations between the Restricted Committee and bodies subordinate to the PBEIST, in particular the three regional committees (North, Centre and South Europe) and the seven working groups. These are administrative documents.
In its (D) and meeting records (R), the Restricted Commi...
Restricted Committee of the Planning Board for Inland Surface Transport (AC/15(SG))
This sub series consists of those records of the Defence Research Group Panel on Physics and Electronics (AC/243(P3) between 1967 and 1989 that have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover the work of the panel in directing a number of Research Study Groups (RSG) assigned to examine specific aspects of the interaction of physics and electronics. The records docu...
Defence Research Group - Panel on Physics and Electronics
This sub-series consists of those records of the NATO Naval Armaments Group Information Exchange Group on Above Surface Warfare (AC/141(IEG/1) from 1967 to 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a range of armaments and systems studied by (AC/141(IEG/1) The subjects include, but are not limited to, both Short and Medium Range Ship to Air Missiles...
NATO Naval Armaments Group - Information Exchange Group 1 on Above Water Warfare
This sub-series consists of those records of the NATO Naval Armaments Group Information Exchange Group on Underwater Warfare (AC/141(IEG/2) 1967 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a range of armaments and systems studied by (AC/141(IEG/2) The subjects include, but are not limited to, Torpedoes, Sonar, Sonar buoys; Anti-Submarine Helicopte...
NATO Naval Armaments Group - Information Exchange Group 2 on Undersea Warfare
This sub-series consists of those records of the NATO Naval Armaments Group Information Exchange Group on Mines and Mine Countermeasures (AC/141(IEG/3) from 1967 to 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a range of armaments and systems studied by (AC/141(IEG/3) The subjects include, but are not limited to, Mine Warfare, Deep Water Mines, Deep Sw...
NATO Naval Armaments Group - Information Exchange Group 3 on Mines and Mine Countermeasures
This sub-series consists of those records of the NATO Naval Armaments Group Information Exchange Group on Naval Air (AC/141(IEG/4) from 1967 to 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a range of armaments and systems studied by (AC/141(IEG/4) The subjects include, but are not limited to, shipborne aircraft, employment of helicopters in naval opera...
NATO Naval Armaments Group - Information Exchange Group 4 on Maritime Air
This sub-series consists of those records of the NATO Naval Armaments Group Information Exchange Group on Tactical Control and Data Handling (AC/141(IEG/5) from 1967 to 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a range of armaments and systems studied by (AC/141(IEG/5) The subjects include, but are not limited to, ship systems integration; advanced ...
NATO Naval Armaments Group - Information Exchange Group 5 on Tactical Control and Data Handling
This sub series consists of records of the Civil Aviation Planning Committee (AC/107) between 1956 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme.The subject matter of the records in this sub-series covers the entire range of the responsibilities of the AC/107, including but not limited to the protection of civilian aircraft, use of civilian aircraft by military authori...
This series consists of those records created by the Committee for European Air Space Coordination (CEAC or AC/92) between 1955 and 1988 that have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme (PDD). The records relate to the joint civilian-military management of European air space and air traffic control for the conduct of NATO military exercises and manoeuvres and other measures requir...
This series consists of the records of the Committee on Wartime Commodity Problems (AC/25), all of which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme (PDD). They include records of meetings (R); documents formally presented to the committee (D); notes on administrative matters (N); and working papers presented for discussion (WP). The subject matter covers the entire range of the ...
This sub-sub series consists of those records created by the Regional Permanent Southern Europe Sub-Committee (AC/15(SE)) between 1955 and 1989 that have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme (PDD). The records relate to road, railway, and water transportation systems in Southern Europe, including vulnerability to nuclear weapons, recovery from attack, demolition, and alternate m...
Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport - Southern Europe Regional Sub-Committee
This sub-sub-series consists of the records of the Planning Board on European Inland Surface Transport (PBEIST) Working Group on Road Transport (AC/15(RT) between 1953 and 1988 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records consist largely of documents and working papers covering a wide range of road transport issues, including but not limited to, standardization of...
Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport - Permanent Road Transport (RT) Sub-Committee
This sub series consists of those records of the NATO Naval Armaments Group (NNAG or AC/141) between 1958 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover the research, development, and production of a wide range of maritime armaments, most of which are used by the navies of NATO Member Nations. These armaments include, but are not limited to hydrofoi...
This Sub-series consists of those records of the Industrial Planning Committee between 1959 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The subject matter is mostly related to wartime contingency planning for industrial recovery, wartime distribution of commodities, information collection and standards to facilitate distribution, and records related to regular civi...
The records in the AC/324 chronological series reflect the work undertaken under the auspices of the Archives Committee, especially in the initial development of the NATO Archives Service and development of NATO information management and public disclosure policies. The information items primarily comprise of: Archives Committee Annual Reports to the Council, draft archives policy proposals and working papers, Archives Committee meet...
This series consists of those records of the NATO Industry Advisory Group (NIAG) between 1968 and 2018 which have been declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a wide range of subjects in which national industries are involved in researching, developing, and producing armaments for NATO member nations. As a consultative body, the NIAG drawing on largely private sector experience has ...
This series consists of those records of the Conference of National Armament Directors (CNAD or AC/259) between 1967 and 19939 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a wide range of subjects across the fields of armaments, and defence research and production. As the body responsible for the three Service Armament Groups, the Defence Research Group, a...
This series consists of those records of the NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG or AC/225) between 1963 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover the research, development, and production of a wide range of armaments and systems for land warfare, including but not limited to artillery, tanks, armoured vehicles, land mines, ballistics, small arms, b...
This series consists of those records of the NATO Air Force Armaments Group (NAFAG or AC/224) between 1958 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover the research, development and production of a wide range of armaments and systems for aerial warfare, including but not limited to low level detection; air to surface weapons; detection of IRBMs; el...
This series consists of those records of the Defence Research Group (DRG or AC/243) between 1964 and 1989 which have been systematically declassified and disclosed through the NATO Public Disclosure Programme. The records cover a wide range of scientific and technological matters studied by the Group for the purpose of providing research advice to the NAC and the Military Committee. The subjects include, but are not limited to, Nuc...
AC/119 series records contain information on East-West relations and reports on the evolution of each satellite country and its relations with the Soviet Union. The series also contains documents on the relations of NATO countries with Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia (e.g.: economic aid in 1957-1958, the emigration of Hungarian refugees following the events of 1956 in Hungary; the events in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and in Poland in ...
The records in the AC/98 chronological series report on the work of the SCEPC and its relations with the working groups and planning boards and committees which came under it.It contains mainly the reports of these Working Groups and the summaries thereof prepared by the SCEPC. These reports were discussed at SCEPC meetings. The series also contains the replies by NATO member nations to questions raised by the SCEPC with respect to c...
Documents in the AC/15 chronological series report on the work of the PBEIST on the one hand, its relations with its subordinate sub-committees and with the SCEPC on the other hand. These include administrative and technical documents.
The work of the PBEIST dealt mainly with PBEIST programmes of work and annual activity reports to the SCEPC, programmes of work and activity reports or memoranda of PBEIST sub-committees, (excerpts of)...
Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport
Since it's first meeting, the North Atlantic Council has created a committee structure in order to support its work and goals as an organization. Usually, a committee will have a Terms of Reference that guides their work, and will in turn be able to create subcommittees and working groups. Most committees follow a pattern of reference, starting with AC/1 (Ad Hoc Committee 1), and continuing like this into the hundreds. Most comm...
The fonds of the North Atlantic Council includes the official documents, records, memorandum and notes of the Council and its subordinate Committees. Committees are created to address specific topics before reporting back to the North Atlantic Council, and in some cases can create subcommittees of their own. This fonds includes the records of the Defence Planning Committee and the Nuclear Planning Group both which have high-level d...
As the central permanent body of the Organisation, the Council Deputies received reports, issued memoranda and debated all the main issues facing the Alliance, i.e. the German contribution to the defence of Western Europe, infrastructure matters, planning of military production programmes, increased defence efforts, reorganisation of NATO, the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), and the accession of Greece and Turkey.
The Council Depu...
The records of this series consist of reports and recommendations, known as Council Memoranda (C-M), prepared by the various subordinate bodies, committees and working groups of the Council; the summary record of discussions taking place in Council (C-R); and the verbatim records of the Council in Ministerial Session (C-VR). It should be noted that many of the fundamental policy documents of NATO are issued as Council Memoranda. Coun...
While the Council, the Senior Political Committee, the Military Committee and other Military Authorities were involved in setting out NATO's position in the negotiations, most of the detailed work on MBFR was carried out by the Working Group and its sub groups. It developed models of reduction and provided technical analysis and evaluation to the North Atlantic Council on matters related to MBFR. It also supervised the work of the va...
Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions Working Group
The archives of the AC/274 chronological series report on the work of the CCMS, in particular follow-up of the various programmes supported by the Committee. Various types of administrative documents can be found there.
Records (R) are reports on the regular or plenary meetings of the CCMS. They address either general policy matters or the review of the pilot study programme over a given period. They are the committee’s reference doc...
Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS)
The records in the AC/159 series contain the draft report of the Steering Group on Reform of the Annual Review and the comments made by the Standing Group and by delegations on the preliminary draft report.
The records in the AC/39 series deal with issues involved in preparing the annual review questionnaire (questionnaire plan, proposed modifications, instructions on drafting memoranda, etc). They also include documents on the defence expenditure of member nations (summary tables of forces and defence expenditure).
Committee of the Annual Review - Working Group on the Annual Review Procedure
The records in the AC/19 chronological series contain information concerning the annual review. This includes information on the defence plans (up to 1970) of member nations as regards their forces and defence budget, as well as assumptions concerning the relationship between economic development and their future defence effort. The AC/19 series documents cover the structure of land, naval and air forces, as well as nuclear forces. T...
The records in the SCS chronological series contain reports, memoranda and proposals made to the Temporary Council Committee by the Screening and Costing Staff. The series also contains suggestions by the member nations to the Executive Board.The reports by the Screening and Costing Staff deal with the cost of the armed forces in general and the situation in West Germany in particular, equipment requirements, defence costs in general...
Temporary Council Committee - Screening and Costing Staff
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
Documents in the AC/137 chronological series address the various fields of scientific research. The series includes documents on research training opportunities (research grants being awarded, student exchanges within NATO) and scientific cooperation among NATO nations,in particular through the exchange of scientific intelligence and the coordination of civil and military research. The fields studied are oceanography, meteorology, de...
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 operational...
Documents in the AC/137(DP) chronological series focus on the defence aspects of psychology. The group circulated just one document under the reference AC/137(DP), the minutes of a meeting held in Paris on 2-3 November 1959 (see AC/137(DP)R/1). This document reports on the working group’s terms of reference and research projects, and on the organization of a conference. Also mentioned are the International Congress of Psychology and ...
Science Committee Ad Hoc Working Group on the Defence Aspects of Psychology
The documents in the AC/127 series include reports and studies on economic problems specific to the NATO nations (eg: Greece, Turkey, Iceland), as well as economic studies and critical analyses of the Warsaw Pact nations. They contain information on the oil policy of the USSR, oil and oil product exports by the Soviet Union (1966), the construction of pipelines, the transport of petroleum in the USSR (1974), and data on Soviet energy...
The AC/127(O) chronological series consists of draft reports to the Economic Committee. They include information on oil exports bythe Sino-Soviet bloc, the impact on world markets of Soviet oil and its consequences for the NATO nations, as well as information on the considerations providing a basis for member nations to frame their policy.
Economic Committee - Ad Hoc Study Group on Soviet Oil Policy
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/89 chronological series consists of records on the economic development of the Soviet bloc and China. Also included are comparative studies on the long-term economic trends in the NATO countries and Communist bloc nations, and their impact on the Atlantic Alliance. This series of records also contains studies of the economic situation and trade policy of the satellite countries (Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgar...
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
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...
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 and ...
The documents in the AC/34 series comprise draft Working Group reports, and information and views that were communicated to the International Staff Political Affairs Division by the delegations from 1952 to 1956 and served as a basis for those drafts.They concern the part played by China in Soviet policy up till 1953, the most recent events in the internal politics of the USSR (happenings after the death of Stalin, the fall of Malenk...
The records in the AC/112 series deal with the following subjects: general organization of the NATO Pipeline System; financial responsibility for its operation and maintenance; matters involving taxes and customs duties; linefills; pipeline safety; transportation and distribution of POL products in wartime; requests for civilian use of pipeline segments; terms and conditions of service; status of personnel, etc. Also contained in the...
The records in this series consist of agendas, minutes, reports, and other correspondence tabled at the plenary meetings of AC/271. The reports include technical and statistical studies on shipping capacity, financial arrangements, war risk insurance and other matters relating to merchant shipping.
The records in the AC/120 series deal with issues pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the Central Europe Pipeline System. In it can be found the charter of the Central Europe Pipeline Office (CEPO) and the Central Europe Operating Agency (CEOA), the terms and conditions of employment and the status of personnel in the national pipeline offices and divisions, information on linefills, budgetary issues and transportation cos...
The AC/101 chronological series deals with the work (investigations, discussions, etc) carried out and the tools used to propose:
to AC/98: draft terms of reference for a CSA
to the Council: a draft resolution on the creation of a CSA
It contains:
a summary of the role of bodies responsible for supplies and merchant navies in wartime
discussions between the delegations represented on AC/101 on the proposals made by France (body ex...
Working Group to Examine International Coordination of Supply in Wartime
Documents in the AC/23(CD) chronological series report on the work of the CPC and its relations with the CEPC, AC/23 and the sub-committees subordinate to it.From the administrative point of view, the work involved mainly:
reports on nations' state of preparedness
examination of the questionnaire for the annual review issued by the CEP Coordinating Committee
selection of candidates for the bodies subordinate to the CPC and NRA
organ...
Documents (D) present:
National reports on the arrangements already made for the protection of refugees;
AC/23 studies on creating a new sub-committee, and their terms of reference;
AC/23 sub-committees' activity reports;
AC/23 activity reports to the Council.Notices (N) present:
The composition of AC/23 and of its sub-committees;
The agenda of AC/23 meetings.Meeting records (R) include:
The selection process and nomination of exper...
The AC/12(PS) chronological series document reports on the sole meeting of the Team held at the Palais de Chaillot on 7 September 1953.
During the first part of the meeting, the PPC Chairman reminded participants of the circumstances which had led to the creation of the Team and presented its unofficial terms of reference.In the second part of the meeting, the Chairman of the Team was appointed and the SHAPE representative presented ...
Petroleum Planning Committee team of pipeline and storage experts
Documents in the AC/12 chronological series report on the work of the PPC and its relations with its subgroups. These include administrative and technical documents.The former are mainly terms of reference and meeting records of PPC subcommittees, programmes of work and annual activity reports from the PPC to the SCEPC, PPC meeting records for the SCEPC, and documents on the selection and appointment of staff in bodies affiliated wit...
The AC/74 series comprises chiefly studies, projects, reports, notes and corrigenda issued by Committee members and delegations, and records the outcome of Committee meetings.It deals with upholding the European production potential, industrial mobilization, standardization, armaments equipment, the creation of groups of experts or working groups and their activities.
Records in the AC/52 series include notes from Member country delegations on their exchanges with the satellite countries, intelligence on the fight against Communist propaganda in the Member countries, and information about NATO’s overall information policy and the cultural links between Member countries. The series also includes information about the structure and operation of various countries’ information services and about UNESC...
The AC/124 chronological series contains the records of the fourth, fifth and sixth conferences plus the records of the conferences that took place after 1968.The documents deal firstly with NATO’s information policy and provide information about the Alliance’s information programme, the growth of the NATO Information Service and the relations with Member countries. Information distribution is also addressed, as are the guidelines on...
The AC/93 chronological series document reports on the activities of the Second Course. It was produced at the end of the only meeting which was held on the last day of training.
The records in the AC/87 series deal with the subjects discussed at the Conference. They contain reports from the delegations on information activities on behalf of NATO (journalists' tours; distribution of publications and films on NATO, etc), analyses by the governments of member nations of anti-NATO Communist propaganda; a project to set up a "NATO Award", and another project in the area of civil defence.Also included in...
The records in the AC/31 series deal with the subjects studied by the Working Group on Social and Cultural Co-operation. They contain draft recommendations on cultural exchanges between the NATO countries, information on internships and scholarships from the Atlantic Community, as well as memoranda from the delegations on bilateral and multilateral cultural agreements.Also contained in the series is a NATO inventory of scientific res...
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 and a propos...
Committee on Information and Cultural Relations - Ad Hoc Meeting of Senior Officers in NATO Countries concerned with Government-Sponsored Cultural Activities
The records in the AC/35 series contain drafts and opinions from the members of the Security Committee. They trace the discussions and results of the meetings of the Committee with regard to the security system at NATO. The records in the AC/35 series deal with security arrangements within NATO, the proposed review and implementation thereof, and the plans and inspection reports of the security arrangements put in place in the variou...
The AC/6 series consists of records related to the revision of the security system at NATO. It includes drafts and opinions from the members of the Working Group on Security in NATO. It also traces the discussions and results of the meetings of this group devoted to the security system at NATO.
The documents in the AC/4 chronological series present all the aspects of NATO infrastructure:
• Infrastructure programmes: The NATO infrastructure slices were discussed, at their beginning and throughout their completion, in the Committee. Progress on the projects was analysed, status reports were produced and administrative procedures were followed. The International Staff issued reports on the infrastructure slices under way. New ...
The records of the AC/4(PP) chronological series supplement the documents of the Infrastructure Committee (AC/4). Although the same topics are addressed, the documents of the Infrastructure Committee’s Infrastructure Payments and Progress Subcommittee focus more on the practical aspects of projects.
• Financial aspects: To start with, this includes requests for authorization to commit funds to projects, plus the authorizations themse...
Infrastructure Committee - Infrastructure Payments and Progress Subcommittee
