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| 1957, Feb. 7 |
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| General Hans Speidel of West Germany was appointed commander of NATO land forces in Central Europe. | 1 |
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| March 20 |
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| Representatives of Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey met to discuss “activation” of the Balkan alliance. | 2 |
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| March 25 |
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| The ROME TREATY established the European Economic Community, often known as the Common Market. Its members were France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Another treaty set up a European Atomic Community (Euratom). Both organizations were to come into effect on Jan. 1, 1958. | 3 |
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| July 28 |
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| The Berlin Declaration, signed by the United States, Britain, France, and West Germany, called for a free and reunited Germany as a requisite to a European settlement. | 4 |
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| Sept. 13 |
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| The UN General Assembly approved a resolution condemning for the second time Soviet intervention in Hungary in 1956. The resolution also included the appointment of Thailand's foreign minister, Prince Wan, as the UN's “special representative on the Hungarian problem.” Hungary announced its refusal to admit Prince Wan (Sept. 14). | 5 |
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| Nov. 14–16 |
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| Meeting of delegates from 13 communist countries in Moscow. It called for unity in opposing imperialism and capitalism abroad and for the elimination of deviationism at home. Mao Zedong, for Communist China, recognized Soviet Russia as the head of the “socialist camp.” | 6 |
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| Dec. 19 |
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| Establishment of missile bases in Europe was decided on by a top-level meeting of NATO in Paris. The United States was to retain basic control of the weapons, but assured its allies of its readiness to discuss “any reasonable proposal” for “comprehensive and controlled disarmament.” | 7 |
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