KEEPING THE PEACE

[Music] this is not the story of one man or of any one nation it is the story of a purpose a purpose which demands of the use of 12 free nations that they journey a force for a space from the peaceful scene say no and Laos the better that they may learn to protect them the tasks ahead of this one young man are the common lot of all who would preserve a peaceful way of life against aggression the oath he swears to his country is a token of something greater still for the country he serves has already pledged her word in the cause of cooperation with other nations the anglo-french treaty signed at Dunkirk in 1947 paved the way for the five power meeting in Brussels just 12 months later led by mrs. Sparr for Belgium five nations there pledged cooperation in peace and mutual aid in war mr. Peter preached the word of France users Beck Luxembourg baron van boots la Holland and the later and his seven Great Britain cooperation in peace helped by the tools of MRSA laid the peoples of Western Europe toiled to rebuild their shattered culture but in their hearts they knew that without lasting peace reconstruction was meaningless but peace needed its defenders at fontainebleau Field Marshal Montgomery set up western union's military command the roar of machines in ordnance factories make clear the fact that the nations which had fed mutilate we're unafraid to shoulder the burdens of Defense if by so doing they could buttress the world will for peace the planning of collective defense measures involved a pooling of resources and jet aircraft were one of the main British contributions in the field of supply from this factory attack occurred meteor jet fighters note at a rate of one a day have gone in large numbers to France Belgium and Holland nor has the answer to aggression been forgotten Britain's twin jet bomber the canberra takes the air [Music] I about the lands they were built to protect the combined air fleets of Western Union have joined in battle a society's men of five nations flew in operation Buddha airmen from Belgium France and the Netherlands worked side-by-side with Britain's in furtherance of their common cause [Music] operation Bulldog was the first of a series of mock battles designed to weld the air and ground defense forces of Western Union into a efficient and fully integrated unit [Music] none were more ready than the airborne troops of France in their understanding of what could be achieved by way of courage and unity of purpose [Music] super thoughts of the USAF their to cooperate brought with them the promise of an even wider roof of security on the flat plains of Westphalia defense maneuvers have beef watched my generals keatley and let the tassini what they are now seeing is the first large-scale test of coordinated battle tactics [Music] he'll pass or slip watches a live ammunition attack on a dummy a troop train [Music] [Music] the spirit of cooperation has been no more evident than at sea on the waters of mars Bay of Penzance we see warships of three Western Union nations at anchor prior to joining Belgian warships or r idiot c4 combined fleet maneuvers on board hms implacable Princeton house meets Field Marshal Montgomery and admirals of the Western Union freak while the crew of the great aircraft carrier master four divisions the three had moles mcgregor bill Inga & Lomb they are concerned over their chance the unity of purpose animates all who serve [Music] though have feet operations being confined to Atlantic waters alone at most mountbatten of lumber join forces in the Mediterranean for sea air exercise [Music] [Music] on April laforce 1949 powerful hands reached across the Atlantic when seven great nations joined in concert with the five western union powers to safeguard the world's progress and peace in Washington the foreign ministers of Canada Denmark Iceland Italy in Norway possible and the United States signed with the nations of Western Union the North Atlantic tank this was no treaty aimed at aggression but are pledged to cooperate in defense of the peace in the heart of Paris stands the hotel astoria and it is in these plant surroundings that the military command of the new organization has been set up to work out the pattern of close cooperation in defense there meet the representatives not all five nations but of 12 collective security a new chapter in the history of free peoples who's opened as General Eisenhower signs his assumption of command over the forces of NATO in Europe for many months the nations of NATO have been engaged in erecting for themselves a wall of security against any possible aggression they have no aggressive intent or purpose of their own they intend only to see to it that they may live peaceably and secure behind the arrangements that they collectively made today another significant step was taken in this process of ensuring our collective security this headquarters formally and officially assumed operational control in command of all forces allocated by our several countries to the defense of Europe on the forces now at his command the work of organization and training by western union has left its mark now the armies of the seven other nations move forward to play their punch these are the troops of Norway together with the forces of Portugal and Denmark the NATO armies in Western Europe are 1 million four hundred thousand strong from farthest north south to Italy the abiding spirit is one of cooperation this is not the story of one man's oath or of the oath of any one nation it is the story of a purpose a purpose which has brought men of many nations together so this united they may be better able to preserve the way of life they know and cherish [Music]