SOURCE 1CThis source provides information about the formation of The North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO).NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance basedon the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4, 1949. The organization consists of a system ofcollective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attackby any external party.In 1948, European leaders met with U.S. defense, military, and diplomatic officials at thePentagon under U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall's orders, exploring a frameworkfor a new and unprecedented association. Talks for a new military alliance resulted in the NorthAtlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 1949. It included the five Treaty ofBrussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, stated in 1949 that the organization's goal was"to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."The members agreed that an armed attack against any one of them in Europe or North Americawould be considered an attack against them all. Consequently, they agreed that if an armedattack occurred, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense,would assist the member being attacked, taking such action as it deemed necessary includingthe use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. The treatydoes not require members to respond with military action against an aggressor. Althoughobliged to respond, they maintain the freedom to choose the method by which they do so.The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 was crucial for NATO as it raised the apparentthreat of all Communist countries working together and forced the alliance to develop concretemilitary plans. In 1954, the Soviet Union suggested that it should join NATO to preserve peacein Europe. The NATO countries, fearing that the Soviet Union's motive was to weaken thealliance, ultimately rejected this proposal. 1.3.4 Why was the Soviet Union rejected from joining NATO? (1x2)

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SOURCE 1CThis source provides information about the formation of The North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO).NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance basedon the North Atlantic Treaty signed on April 4, 1949. The organization consists of a system ofcollective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attackby any external party.In 1948, European leaders met with U.S. defense, military, and diplomatic officials at thePentagon under U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall's orders, exploring a frameworkfor a new and unprecedented association. Talks for a new military alliance resulted in the NorthAtlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 1949. It included the five Treaty ofBrussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, stated in 1949 that the organization's goal was&#34;to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.&#34;The members agreed that an armed attack against any one of them in Europe or North Americawould be considered an attack against them all. Consequently, they agreed that if an armedattack occurred, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense,would assist the member being attacked, taking such action as it deemed necessary includingthe use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. The treatydoes not require members to respond with military action against an aggressor. Althoughobliged to respond, they maintain the freedom to choose the method by which they do so.The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 was crucial for NATO as it raised the apparentthreat of all Communist countries working together and forced the alliance to develop concretemilitary plans. In 1954, the Soviet Union suggested that it should join NATO to preserve peacein Europe. The NATO countries, fearing that the Soviet Union's motive was to weaken thealliance, ultimately rejected this proposal. 1.3.4 Why was the Soviet Union rejected from joining NATO? (1x2)

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