<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France">France</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brussels" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Brussels">Treaty of Brussels</a>, a precursor to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Atlantic Treaty">North Atlantic Treaty</a> establishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NATO">NATO</a>.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_17#cite_note-8" id="mwlA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlQ">[8]</span></a></sup>
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