02-F-0476_DOC_1_History_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_The_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_and_National_Policy_Vol_IX_1965-1968_part1.pdf

-- 1 of 67 -- UNCLASSIFIED CBAP'l'ER VI NATO UNDER STRAIN Introduction (U) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization! joined Western Europe with North America in a collective security arrangement. Among US foreign policy objec-. tives, none ranked higher than preserving an °Atlantic Allianc,e...