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No. of Enclosures Last evening at 7»30 o’clock the members of the Council touched down at Orly airport on their return from their visit to the Southern European Command of NATO after an absence of four days. They travelled by SHAPE special aircraft and by various vessels of the United States Navy. 2. The first element in this abreviated but exceedingly well organized operation was our visit to the headquarters of CINCSOUTH, Admiral Carney U.S.N., at Naples. Immediately on arrival the members of the Council attended at these headquarters the first of a series of "briefings" done by various officers under Admiral Carney’s command. In these accounts Naval, Marine and Army officers explained with unusual clarity and frankness the organization of Allied forces in the Mediterranean, their problems and their methods of dealing with them; in fact, as one who has been subjected to a good number of such lectures, I can say without reservation that these were amongst the best which I have ever heard. The whole atmosphere of HAFSE and of its subordinate commands reflects great credit upon Admiral Carney. Particularly impressive was the esprit de corps and cooperation between various national elements. Having come to know Admiral Carney somewhat over these past few days I have no doubt that this is due in large part to his intelligent leadership and understanding of the political as well as military requirements of NATO. After a second briefing at naval headquarters, 3. where the general purposes of exercise "Longstep" were explained to us and, in particular, the mission of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, the members of the Council attended a reception at Admiral Carney’s residence and later a dinner given by the Italian Government. Post File No / 4. The following day we flew early to Athens and embarked there in U.S.S. Columbus whence, after further briefings, we were transferred at sea (although not by heeches-buoy as had been threatened) to U.S.S. Mount Olympus, the headquarters ship from which the amphibious landing operation was to be conducted the following morning at Lebados Bay south of Izmir. That evening before dinner we had a further 5. extensive briefing complete with diagrams, maps and charts of all kinds on the detailed arrangements for the landing. This was a ve.ry impressive performance. . . 2 000143 A �Document disclosed under the Access to /nformationAci^K « :2 . 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Once more we were conscious of the care which had been taken to give the operation a genuinely international flavour. For although the ships, aircraft and personnel involved were predominantly U.S., every opportunity was taken to draw attention to the roles of the forcesacontributed by Greece, Turkey, Italy and the United Kingdom. 6. You may be somewhat surprised to learn that the first wave of the attack consisted of the members of the Council who"hit the beach” on the morning of November 12th at about six o’clock. It was perhaps fortunate that the weather, which had been pretty rough during the earlier part of the exercise, had moderated. It was a pleasant, balmy morning so that when we tumbled out of the landing craft in which we had been embarked from the Olympus, carrying our briefcases and other suitable diplomatic equipment, we got ashore dry shod. After a decent interval we were followed by the first waves of the main militant elements in the exercise} French commandos, U. S. marines and Greek raiders all of whom gave us the impression that they knew very well what they were about. 7. After a couple of hours on the beach we were embarked again on the U.S. heavy cruiser Quincey and taken at high speed to Izmir where we had somewhat hurried and confused contact with the local Turkish authorities. At the Izmir airport we bade farewell to Admiral Carney who was remaining in Turkey for a few days longer. It was/possible /not for us to take the time to go on to Ankara. 8. From Izmir we flew back to Athens. There the Council were received by the King and Queen that same evening and afterwards entertained at a dinner given by the Greek Government. The next morning, after a somewhat extended and 9. pretty pointed briefing by the Greek General Staff followed by an hour of cultural activity on the Acropolis, we departed from the Athens airport at about noon, arriving back in Paris as I have said last evening, November 13th. We expect that there will be available later a 10. military account and appreciation of exercise "Longstep". This we shall send on to you as soon as it has been received. On this aspect of affairs all that I can add is my impression that NATO’s Southern Command is in good hands and that the spirit and morale is excellent. From the point of view of the Council the experience 11. was I believe most valuable. In the first place it was encouraging for us to see such visible evidence of the existence in that area of the deterrent force which we are all striving to create. We gained the impression that even with the forces presently available an aggressor in the eastern Mediterranean would have a difficult time. In the second place what we saw and heard and experienced in these four days provided us with a stimulus to the development of co-operation in our own political task. Finally, there is I think no doubt that the presence of the Council in that area was a source of distinct encouragement to the authorities in Italy, Greece and Turkey. It would, in my opinion, have been a great mistake had we failed to accept Admiral Carney’s invitation. . . 3 \ 000145 �7 Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act | Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi surl’acces a {’information - 3 12. Although Admiral Carney said nothing to us in his briefings about a Mediterranean command, he did give some of us to understand individually that he was by no means dissatisfied with the arrangements which he and Lord Mountbatten had worked out at their recent conference for the division of responsibility between NATO and United Kingdom naval forces. Apparently the informal regime which they contemplate is one which, given the adequate exchange of information which is anticipated and the mutual confidence which they believe exists, should prove practicable and efficient in the event of war. In conclusion may I refer once more to the 13. excellenct impression which was made upon all of us by Admiral Carney and the United States officers with whom we came in contact. It seemed to us that, apart from their professional competence, they possess to an unusual degree a sense of public responsibility for the sucess and reputation of NATO in the region in which they are serving. 1—-). 7. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE. 000146 | � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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