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On the purpose of NATO: "To keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down."
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Presumably while Secretary General of NATO (1952-1957). See Nye, Joseph. The Paradox of American Power. London: Oxford University Press, 2002. p. 33

 

Hastings Ismay

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So we had about 80 or 90 Germans there disarmed, and had another line of Germans to go through to get out. So I called for my men, and one of them answered from behind a big oak tree, and the others were on my right in the brush.
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One of my men said, "it is impossible."
So I said, "No; let's get them out."

 

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