Six episodes in the history of NATO
3: A 16-inch Manhole Cover
NATO's Lisbon conference in 1952 decided that the alliance would need 90 divisions for the successful conventional defence of Europe. NATO governments could not see how the alliance could afford them, so there are now about 5,000 nuclear weapons on European soil.
Introduced by John Barry with Wolfgang Altenburg
Robert Bowie , Pierre Gallois Andrew Goodpaster , Denis Healey , Robert Richardson
Produced by HOWARD SMITH (R) (e)