Hastings Ismay Quote

On NATO "I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella."


As Secretary General of NATO (1952 - 1957). See Smith, Robert. The NATO International Staff/Secretariat, 1952-1957. London: Oxford University Press, 1967, p. 65


On NATO I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets...

On NATO I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets...

On NATO I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets...

On NATO I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets...