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dated December 18, 1957: NATO conference

The NATO summit conference was opened on December 16 at a public session of which the outstanding feature was a finely-phrased address by President Eisenhower in which he stressed the need for raising the level of collective effort by the West to “wage peace” and meet the Soviet challenge. “The peace we seek,” he said, “is a creative and dynamic state of flourishing institutions of prosperous economies, of deeper spiritual insight for all nations and all men.” He added the pledge, “Whatever measures we take will be measures for peace.” President Eisenhower said the Western alliance was ready to join Russia in steering the world to true peace, but until that could be done, it must continue to strengthen its own security. “We are moving into an era in which vast physical forces cast a pall over our world,” President Eisenhower said and added: “I believe our NATO Governments stand ready to concert our effort with each other – and with other nations including, of course, the Soviet Union if it were willing – to bring these forces under rational control in the common interest of all humanity.

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