2. Statements by Secretary of State Acheson at Press Conference on the Atlantic Pact, March 18, 1949.1

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International Organization, 1949, vol. 3, issue 2, 396-400

Abstract: Q.—Mr. Secretary, would an attack on aircraft flying over Soviet territory into Berlin under the airlift be an armed attack under the terms of Article 6?Mr. Acheson said he would think that would be an attack on the armed forces—the occupation forces.Q.—But if it occurs over the Soviet zone?Mr. Acheson replied he didn't think it made any difference where it occurred, did it?Q.—It says: “In this area.”Mr. Acheson said Article 6 referred to an attack “on the occupation forces of any party in Europe.”Q.—Doesn't the phrase at the end “in this area” apply?Mr. Acheson said not to the occupation forces.Q.—What does that phrase apply to?

Date: 1949
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