The establishment of NATO
La création de l'OTAN
TexteErnest Bevin signs the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington, 4 April 1949)
ImageOn 4 April 1949, in Washington, Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Minister, signs the North Atlantic Treaty.
Cartoon by Low on the Soviet Union’s reaction to the establishment of NATO (6 April 1949)
ImageOn 6 April 1949, British cartoonist David Low illustrates the Western countries as they wait for a possible reaction from Moscow to the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. From left to right: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, US President Harry Truman, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, US Secretary of State Dean Acheson and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman.