Colorado Economic Development Commission members approve incentives for the Weather Channel show and for the production of a documentary film about the shower scene in Psycho.
The founding treaty. The foundations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were officially laid down on 4 April 1949 with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, more popularly known as the Washington Treaty. The Washington Treaty â or North Atlantic Treaty â forms the basis of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization â or NATO.
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955.ATO: The Western Nations Join Forces. The discussions between the Western nations concluded on April 4, 1949, when the foreign ministers of 12 countries in North America and Western Europe gathered in Washington, D.C. , to sign the North Atlantic Treaty.