Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Quotes

British army officer and diplomat, 1st Secretary General of NATO (1887-1965)

Hastings Lionel "Pug" Ismay (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965) was a British soldier and diplomat, remembered primarily for his role as Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War and his service as the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957. He also helped oversee the partition of India as Lord Mountbatten of Burma's chief of staff.

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Birth Name: Hastings Lionel Ismay

Native Name: Hastings Ismay, 1. Baron Ismay

Also Known As: Pug

Alternative Names: Hastings Ismay • General Hastings Lionel Ismay • Lord Ismay

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On the purpose of NATO: “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”

On the Festival of Britain, "We are consciously and deliberately determined to make history."

On NATO "I am convinced that the present solution is only a partial one, aimed at guarding the heart. It must grow until the whole free world gets under one umbrella."

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