1978 Washington NATO summit

{{Short description|1978 NATO summit meeting in Washington, D.C., United States}}

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| caption = Map of NATO members

| country = United States

| dates = May 30–31, 1978

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The 1978 Washington summit was the fifth NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Washington, D.C. took place on May 30–31, 1978.{{cite web|title=NATO summit meetings |author=NATO |url=http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html#agendas |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509014601/http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html |archivedate=2009-05-09 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-03-21 }} This event was only the sixth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949.Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). [https://archive.org/details/promiseofallianc0000thom/page/223 The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.]

Background

In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.

Synopsis

Meeting with participation of Heads of State and Government{{Cite web|url=https://www.nato.int/docu/comm/49-95/c780530a.htm|title=Final Communiqué|last=|first=|date=24 October 2000|website=NATO On-Line Library|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824093312/http://www.nato.int:80/docu/comm/49-95/c780530a.htm |archive-date=August 24, 2000 |access-date=}}
Long-term trends in east–west relations
Berlin and Germany
Review of CSCE implementation at Belgrade
Achievement of NATO Science Committee, 20th Anniversary
Need to strengthen South Eastern flanks
Concern at continual Warsaw Pact expansion of offensive capabilities
SALT
MBFR
Leaders of States participating in NATO integrated defence approve LTDP and call for follow-through action by national authorities.

Notes

References

{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Ian Q. R.|year=1997|url=https://archive.org/details/promiseofallianc0000thom|url-access=registration|title=The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination|location=Lanham|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8476-8581-3|oclc=36746439}}