The ACE fonds covers documents on the early history and development of NATO's integrated military structure and its staff through memorandums and letters. The majority of the documents originate from its headquarters, called SHAPE, though some documents pre-date the creation of ACE and SHAPE.
Allied Command Europe
The Fonds includes Directives, Proposals, Notes, Memoranda, Resolutions and Decisions by the Defence Committee created between 1949 and 1951. The Defence Committee primarily drafted these items and sent them to the North Atlantic Council, the Military Committee and the Standing Group.Other memorandum and reports were received by the Defence Committee from other NATO bodies.The Defence Committee also created and kept Agendas, Meeting ...
Defence Committee
04 - International Staff / International Secretariat
The International Staff Fonds consists of files containing NATO documents, notes, records, memoranda and external correspondence relating to its operational functions and to its support for NATO committees and the North Atlantic Council. The Fonds also includes NATO produced publications, including press releases, reference publications and non-periodicals.
International Staff
The documents in the MC fonds consist of Military Committee and Standing Group reports and directives. They trace the Military Committee’s discussions and decisions, and also include proposals by the signatory states.They deal with the organization and operation of the military structure: setting up a supreme headquarters in Europe and new regional groups, activities of the Standing Group, reorganization, charters and terms of refere...
Military Committee
The fonds covers documents, correspondence and memorandum from previous NATO Secretary Generals and documents of his direct staff in the Private Office and Executive Secretariat (today known as CONSEC). The Secretary General files covers all topics of the Alliance, from business of the North Atlantic Council, to appointments across the Alliance, and issues and directives to the International Staff.
Secretary General
01 - The North Atlantic Council
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...
North Atlantic Council