1955 West Germany joins NATO

 


When Germany was admitted to NATO the foreign ministers of the West and permanent NATO delegates sat down in Paris for a family portrait. Only Italy's Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino missed the roundup. 

Seated from left on the first level are: External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson, Canada; Anthon Vestbirk, Denmark; H. van Vredenburch, deputy secretary general of NATO; Foreign Secretary Stephanos Stephanopoulos, Greece, acting chair man; Lord Richard Coleridge, NATO executive secretary; Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay of France; Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. Standing on the first level from left: Leolyn Dana Wilgress, Canada; Georges Exintaris, Greece: Alexandre Parodi, France; André de Staercke, Belgium. Seated on second level: Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Germany; Prime Minister Joseph Bech, Luxembourg; Foreign Minister Halvard Lange, Norway, Foreign Minister Kristinn Gudmundsson, Iceland. 

Standing on the second level: Herbert Blankenhorn, Germany: Nicolas Hommel, Luxembourg; Arne Gunneng, Norway; Adolfo Alessandrini, Italy; Pétur Benediktsson, Iceland. Seated on third level: Foreign Minister Paulo Cunha, Portugal; Foreign Minister Johan Willem Beyen, Netherlands. Standing on third level: Pedro de Lemos (Conde de Tovar), Portugal; A.W.L. Tjarda van Starkenborgh-Stachouwer, Netherlands. Seated at top: U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles; Minister of State Fatin R. Zorlu, Tur key; Foreign Minister Harold Macmillan of the United Kingdom. Standing at top: George Wal. b ridge Perkins, U.S.; Mehmet Ali Tiney, Turkey; Sir Christopher Steel, United Kingdom.

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