U.S. AND ALLIED SECURITY POLICY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-126-3-17-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: April 22, 1975
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
SECRET/EXDIS
April 22. 1975
National Security Study Memorandum ZZ2
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of State
The Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: U. S. and Allied Security Policy in
Southern Europe
The President has directed a review of U. S. and Allied security policy
in Southern Europe and along NATO's southern tier over the near..
and mid-term. The study should examine the viability and effective-
ness of U.S. and Allied security aims, arrangements, forces and
bases in light of changes in the area, and should develop and assess
U. S. and Allied near. and ma.d..term options.
The framework for the study should encompass:
>.. Overall U. S. interests in the region, including the U. S. political,
military and economic relationship with NATO, the EC, and Western
European states;
U. S. security aims visa..vis the Soviets in the region; and
>.~ U. S. interests vis-a-vis the Balkan states.
The study should consider inter alia:
Present and potential changes in the area that bear on U. S. and
Allied security policy, including domestic political developments and
changes in external policies in Southern Europe, the evolution of Soviet
capabilities, trends in Allied forces in the area, and the impact of
economic factors, including energy, on the region;
The political and military implications of changes in Southern
European membership or participation in NATO;
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~?. The consequences of elimination or curtailment of U. S. and
Allied bases and facilities in the area (taking into account the Azores
study being carried out in response to NSSM Z2l);
.-- Prospects for an increased Allied and Western European
political and military role in the area;
-- The implications of new military and intelligence capabilities
and technologies for U. S. force and base structure in the area.
The study should assume continuation of the current policy line in base
negotiations with Portugal, Spain, and Greece and postulate a range of
outcomes for purposes of analysis.
The study should be prepared on a priority, need-to-know basis by an
NSC Ad Hoc Group composed of representatives of the addressees, the
JCS and the NSC staff, and chaired by the representative of the Depart-
ment of State. The completed study should be transmitted no later than
May 28, 1975, for consideration by the NSC Senior Review Group.
cc: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff