European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and strikes March 1966 March s3 up ii the text of president Johnsons speech on the North Atlantic treaty organization i am very pleased to address the Korelin service instilutc1 till morning und to Eccl Ellb to Tunny americans preparing to serve As one who we ran Mil shorten our reach into the i am encouraged by the Ntim Bor and Quality of those who Are study ing at he von him the gratitude of your country men find my own Assurance of we Hevr come ii Way from the Day a Uticone observed Ihil mime ill Plumas no doubt will launch a heedless word 4ind lurking War leap different task that was More than to if a Century ago when diplomacy wan often our by another today your task differ those of you Nimit to go abroad represent a continuity of purpose in a generation of that purpose is to build Tram reason and Modera Tion a world order in which the fires or conflict yield to inc fulfilment of mans oldest yearnings for himself and his your wherever you in that is the Tusk fur inn nil if us the As is How hour ill for maintain he Security of the Community upon which so Many of inc worlds hones depend for the answer we must be Gin with i he stay Ultra n the world of when Europe cities Lay in her farms h r industries her people weary Joi War and death and from tent Deio Lallynn has Power from weakness from that weakness has come from those ashes of Holo Caust has come the rebirth of a Froim and vital the Europe of today is a new in place r in there is Confidence in place of Progress in place of partnership in place of if there it no single explanation for the difference Between Europe then and Europe to Ihrck is 11 ii in a Luminous design Woven through the he store of the Ossa 29 it is the design of common action of interdependent institutions serving the Good of Ilie Eurn Penn As Len ugh they were it is the design of collective Sci iriv protect 1ns lie entire Atlantic world important pert so i come this morning la speak to you of one important Pun of int Dign i speak of a Structure some of you have helped to build the Ortli Atlantic treaty Ixl me make Clear in the be ginning hat we in nut believe Herr in any in if an Orion Nib ton is alive and a Bdl if it is to have meaning for All time As Well As fur any parti ruler Lime it must mow and re it Pool it Iii yield to our mucks it the Law of the Hind he North Atlantic treaty is a Legal it la foundation of a living inst that institution in nato Ilie organization created to rive meaning and Roo Llly to the Alliance the crowded Mouths who Fth answer to France president with bar Durr of Dean Rusk on his right officers at the foreign service immediately preceded and Fol Lowed the conclusion of the North Atlantic treaty 17 Vigo Hud produced an Atmo sphere of it we a Cri Sis born of a cup fear fear for Europe economic and Politi Cal vitality fear of communist aggression and communist should adopt some say that new Circum in the world today Call for the dismantling of the or of course nato should adapt to the changing needs of the but wibe Lieve just As firmly that such change mini be wrought by the member notions working with one another within the Alli not Isola Tion is the route to we must not in Success and the lessons we Learned in danger Ond Isola Tion that whatever the we share oni1 common danger do finn and one safety Whit is our View of nato today Alliance for peace we see it not As an Alliance in make our list an Alliance keep the through in Era m turbulent As Mir has Ever known unit under inc Fin stunt threat of ultimate do Struc Loii nato Jivis injured the Security of the North Al Lunatic it has reinforced stability elsewhere in i he while nato rests on the n Atily Ihal i must i Jill to in Ellice if War should tunic in inc at Kuiler in rests also on Chi reality War will Nul conic at All if we aet Lordier during it was to foreign minister of France in insisted that to be truly Europe needed not Only Heip in resisting attack Bat help in pre venting he is not the Success of nato has been measured by Many Yard the most significant to me is the most obvious War has been through the we have welded the military Eaul Alfau Lions of Euch of the is allies Inlo an effective so convincing was mils instrument that potential aggressors took Stock and counted As too High the Price of satisfying their it Beon Pruvell True that one sword keeps an other in the War has been deterred not Only because of our integrated military but also be miso of the Ollil civil Unity of purpose to which Bat Power is it is difficult to overstate the importance of inc Bonds of of political institutions traditions mid values which Erin inc Bedrock of the at lactic there is Here u political Inker Elfy und an id oilily of interests that and inst ii of inc if nut1 Effort Fuller und our pm Nown di1 inti Jii Hon Dalluhn no 11 if at Aulich i roil Linh Iliev would be the air seitan in the world will in err no Lute la Washington that the United Stales and 13 other nato Sollei will preserve if without French who knows his victims Are too divided to decide and too in ready to Luil was the lesson of two world yet a nation not by i lie action of her but by her own decision to prepare and plan alone could still imperil her own Security by creating a situation in which response would be Loo late and Loo every Advance in the technology of War makes More unacceptable old and Iii irrow concepts of no one today Cuil doubt the necessity of preventing it is our firm conviction that collective action through nato is the Best Assurance that War will be deterred in Hie Atlantic sobering sight at the Atlantic com Mii Italy through the Yei of those who in years Post have yearned for the sight is com common forces in being in Advance of in Emer gency fur use in emergency All testify to a collect leu Readi Ness and the Insp Gully of col Isis to other eyes nato can Only in a Clear the warning of the Folly of Daggres nato today must be shaped on the experience of the Reliance on Independent action by separate forces Only loosely coordinated with joint forces and Plant twice led to world wars before but collective action tins proved successful in deterring War since 1943 during 20 Yean of Unhan vol and grave we reject those experiences Only at our own for its the United states is determined to join with 13 of her other allies to preserve and to strengthen the deterrent strength of we will lire that those Prin Ciple of joint and common preparation be extended wherever they can be in fully of piled in the Atlantic place wih a ctr we arc hopeful that no Mem Ber of the trenly will Long re main withdrawn from the in Tual affairs and obligations of the a place of respect and responsibility will await any ally who decides to return to he common for the world is Sill full of peril for those who prize and cherish Liberty and these in Anthul lands washed by the Atlantic this billion Wulc unmatched in arms and Industry this of common value and splendid visions this Mai Urc toss sworn House of wealth Cun enrich the life of an entire not Wolf a alone it is ibis strength of Ideal As Well is of peaceful purpose us Well As Power that offers such Hope further reconciliation of Western de rope with the people of to surrender that strength by isolation from another would he to Din in Promise of that Day when the men and women of All Europe shall again move freely among each it is not a question of wealth in is a Lue Stian of heart and it u a willingness to leave forever those National rivalries which so often led to 1he useless squandering of urn and Irv Kurc in spirit of Unity it is a question of spirit of Unity of which Nat is but a that Unity we never better expressed than at the conclusion of uni North Alluntiz treaty in a great French Leader declared that Luliona Moro and Marc convinced that heir Fatel arc Clit Cly bound together that their salvation and their welfare mull rest upon progressive application of human it to the preservation of Liuni in Kiili daily that All our efforts must be let All of of the foreign serv ice make it your talk As Well m ipes of lev Navy ja4iei Capri Dell a Ftak William or Utah 4fim1lo us Lhatt to Loeb Frank me inv s Aid Focht 1
