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Future Tasks of the Alliance - "Harmel Report" (1967)

Volume 1: Proposal of Study by P. Harmel and initial considerations (December 1966 – February 1967)

Section 1: Proposal by Pierre Harmel, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs for a broad analysis of international developments since the signing of the Treaty and establishment by the Council of a Special Group tasked with studying the future tasks of the Alliance

1. 2390. D. 41. 8. Belgian Delegation. Private letter from Ambassador de Staercke to Secretary General asking that Mr. Harmel’s proposals for a cohesive analysis of all major political events and their effects on the Alliance be given due consideration at the next NATO Council meeting. (13 December 1966) FRE
2. C-R (66) 68 and 69. NATO Council meeting on 15 December 1966. Extract on the reasons for Mr. Harmel’s proposal being accepted. (27 January 1967) BIL
3. Ministerial sessions. Draft resolution on the decision by the North Atlantic Council about the elaboration of a report on future tasks of the Alliance. (15 December 1966) FRE
4. SQS/66/165. Political Affairs, Special Question Section. Declaration by Italian Foreign Minister Fanfani on Mr. Harmel’s resolution. (15 December 1966) FRE
5. C-R(66)71. NATO Council meeting on the 16 December 1966. Extract on the Council’s adoption of Harmel’s resolution. (30 January 1967) BIL
6. Press Release M3(66)3. Declaration to the press of the Council’s acceptance of Harmel’s proposals. (16 December 1966) BIL
7. C-M(66)145. NATO Council memorandum on Harmel’s proposals and its acceptance by the Council. (27 December 1966) BIL

Section 2: Initial considerations on the substance of the study to be carried out and the procedure to be followed.

8. Memorandum from K. Inan to the Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs on the preliminary reflections on the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (28 December 1966) FRE
9. GAS/67/7. Political Affairs Division, General Affairs Section. Note from A. Alacakaptan to Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs on the future tasks of the Alliance. (3 January 1967) ENG
10. RS/67/2. Political Affairs Division Research Section. Memorandum from A.G. Kühn to ASG Political Affairs on a list of suggestions for action regarding the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (6 January 1967) ENG
11. RS/67/4. Political Affairs Division Research Section. Memorandum from A.G. Kuhn to the ASG Political Affairs discussing the means in which the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance may be carried out and possible outcomes thereof. (9 January 1967) ENG
12. C-R(67)1 NATO Council meeting on 11 January 1967. Extracts on the preliminary discussions regarding the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (19 January 1967) BIL
13. GAS/67/5. Political Affairs Division, General Affairs Section. Note from ASG Political Affairs to the Secretary General on preliminary efforts to define the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (13 January 1967) ENG
14. GAS/67/6. Political Affairs Division, General Affairs Section. Memorandum from Christian Chapman to the Secretary General on his preliminary thoughts on the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (13 January 1967) ENG
15. Minutes from a meeting of the Secretary General and selected members of the International Staff concerning the Belgian government’s initial ideas for the procedures relating to the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (16 January 1967) ENG
16. Minutes on a meeting between the Secretary General and selected members of the International Staff on further procedures relating to the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (20 January 1967) ENG
17. Private Office. Mr. Baccetti, director of Private Office. Contribution on the resolution on future tasks of the Alliance. (17 January 1967) ENG
18. RS/67/12. Political Affairs Division Research Section. Memorandum from W.M. Newton to the ASG Political Affairs on reasons and circumstances leading to the signature of the North Atlantic Treaty. (19 January 1967) ENG
19. DPA/SQS/67. Political Affairs Division, Special Questions Section. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary General to the Secretary General on the prevalent situation in Europe and Asia in 1948 and how it led to the creation of NATO. (31 January 1967) FRE
20. Memo from Mr. Inan to ASG Political Affairs. Collection of publications with proposals on the re-organization of NATO from 1963 to 1997. (13 February 1967) FRE

Section 3: Submission by the Secretary General of a tentative outline on the substance and procedures for the study

21. Political Affairs Division. Draft memorandum from Mr. van Campen, special advisor for policy planning, to Secretary General on the principal elements, up to that date, of talks on the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (31 January 1967) ENG
22. Political Affairs Division. Second draft of Memorandum from Mr. van Campen, special advisor for policy planning, to Secretary General on the principal elements, up to that date, of talks on the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (8 February 1967) ENG
23. Political Affairs Division. Final draft of Memorandum from Mr. van Campen, special advisor for policy planning, to Secretary General on the principal elements, up to that date, of talks on the resolution on the future tasks of NATO. (9 February 1967) ENG
24. PO(67)89. Private Office. Preliminary suggestions on the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (10 February 1967) BIL

Section 4: A call for member countries to attend the first round of Council discussions on the resolution of the future tasks of the Alliance.

25. PO(67)54. Private Office. Memo from Secretary General asking member countries for attendance at the next Council meeting on 15 February where Mr. Harmel would participate. (27 January 1967) BIL

Section 5: Responses to the Secretary General’s attendance query regarding the first round of talks on the future tasks of the alliance.

26. Memorandum from Mr. Harmel, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, confirming his planned attendance at the following Council meeting and outlining his ideas for the future tasks of NATO. (25 January 1967) FRE
27. United States Delegation. Memorandum confirming the attendance of Under Secretary Eugene Rostow at the Council meeting discussing the future tasks of the Alliance. (2 February 1967) ENG
28. Norwegian Delegation. Memorandum from Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs F. Jacobsen confirming his presence at the Council meeting on the future tasks of the Alliance. (9 February 1967) ENG
29. United Kingdom Delegation. Memo by Permanent Representative Bernard Burrows to the Secretary General putting forth his ideas for the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (10 February 1967) ENG

Section 6: The first Council meeting on the resolution on the future tasks of the alliance.

30. First draft, opening statement by the Secretary General at the first Council meeting on the future tasks of the Alliance. (13 February 1967) ENG
31. Remarks by Mr. George Thompson, British Representative, to the North Atlantic Council. (15 February 1967) ENG
32. Introduction by Mr. Harmel, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, highlighting his plans for the implementation of the Council’s resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (15 February 1967) FRE
33. Statement by K. Schütz, State Secretary German Foreign Office, on his impressions of the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (15 February 1967) ENG
34. C-VR(67)8. Council Verbatim Record of Council Meeting on 15 February 1967 containing discussion on the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance. (15 February 1967) ENG+FRE
35. RDC/67/55. Executive Secretariat. Memorandum from R. D. Coleridge, Executive Secretary, discussing the creation of a Special Group to carry out the mandate of the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance (16 February 1967) FRE

Section 7: Decisions on procedure for the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance.

36. DPA/67/45. Political Affairs Division. Memorandum from ASG Political Affairs to the Secretary General containing an abstract of issues discussed during the Council meeting on 15 February 1967. (21 February 1967) ENG
37. DPA/67/47. Political Affairs Division. Memorandum from ASG Political Affairs to the Secretary General discussing options on how the resolution may be received by the Council. (21 February 1967) ENG
38. DPA/67…. Political Affairs Division. Memorandum from the ASG Political Affairs to the Secretary General on the forthcoming Council discussions on the resolution on the future tasks of the Alliance and the outcomes thereof. (21 January 1967) ENG
39. C-R(67)9. NATO Council meeting on the 22 February 1967. Decisions on procedure about the future tasks of the Alliance. (1 March 1967) BIL
40. C-M(67)11. Council memorandum outlining decisions made on the procedure on future tasks of the Alliance: creation of a Special Group to report on the future tasks of the Alliance (24 February 1967) BIL