TOP SECRET FACTORS AFFECTING THE REVISION OF THE CURRENT PROCEDURE Co-operation within the Atlantic Pact 4. In re-examining the current procedure we have kept before us the necessity for co-operation within the Atlantic Pact and the implementation of our policy of assistance to the countries signatory to that Pact. 5. No military machinery has yet, however, been established under the Pact, and we suggest therefore that whatever procedure is approved following this report, it be reviewed when such machinery has been set up.