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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1955, May 9 | |
| At a conference of NATO foreign ministers in Paris, West Germany was formally admitted to membership in NATO. | 1 |
| May 14 | |
| The WARSAW PACT, signed by eight European Communist governments, was the reply to the integration of West Germany with NATO. Marshal Ivan S. Koniev became chief of the joint military command. A political consultative committee was to serve as the directing organ. | 2 |
| Dec. 14 | |
| Bulgaria and Hungary entered the UN in a 16-nation “package deal.” | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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