Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. NATO CONFERENCE, PARIS, FRANCE

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. NATO CONFERENCE, PARIS, FRANCE

1953

VS, int, groups of delegates chat in Palais de Chaillot anteroom. Civilian guard closes door after some members enter conference room. Gen Alexander walks from cloak room; chats with delegate. US Ambassador Draper, France's Pleven, chat. Butler of England; Gen Alfred Gruenther; British Supply Minister Sandys; Sec Def Wilson; Lord Ismay; Gens Ridgway and Bradley are among those seen in the anteroom. Bradley, and later Wilson shake hands with Ismay. Ridgway chats with a NATO officer. At conference table: Sec State John Foster Dulles, Harold E. Stassen. Alexander, Butler, Sandys (UK). Prof Fuad Koprulu (Turkey) and aide. Dr. Paulo Cunha (Portugal) and aide. De Gasperi (Italy) and a colleague. Ismay shakes hands with Canadian delegates. LS, conference room (underexposed). Ambassador Draper walks into conference room. VS, delegates chat, photogs work before session begins. Other shots of delegates at conference table including Dulles, Stassen, Bidault, Pleven, DeGasperi and others.

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