Selected National Security Council Files on NATO

The materials listed in this finding aid are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents regarding NATO. This collection contains Bush Presidential Records from the files of the National Security Council. These materials consist of correspondence, talking points, speeches and presidential remarks, and printed material and press releases. Internal correspondence discusses scheduling and logistics for the ceremony celebrating NATO's 40 th anniversary and for President Bush's visit to Europe in conjunction with the 1989 NATO Summit. Also included is an invitation for President Bush to speak at an international conference on the North Atlantic Alliance in The Hague. The talking points relate to a presidential 2 2009-0782-F meeting with Congressional leaders on NATO. Presidential remarks include comments for NATO's 40 th Anniversary celebration in Washington, a commencement address given by President Bush at Oklahoma State University, and speeches given in Germany and at NATO headquarters addressing the role of the US in NATO. Press releases from the White House include transcripts of press conferences and unclassified fact sheets on NATO, CSCE, and Conventional Arms Control. Press releases from NATO address the London Declaration, a report on arms control and disarmament, and a ministerial declaration on the role of the North Atlantic Alliance in Europe. The printed material contains newspaper articles on the UK Defense Budget and NATO's Peacekeeping role for the UN. It should be noted that many of the documents listed here have been closed for National Security classification and/or other exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act. Read less