History of NATO Atlantic Treaty, which was signed by US President Harry S. Truman in Washington on 4 April 1949. It included the five Treaty of Brussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, stated in 1949 that the organization's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down". Popular support for the Treaty was not unanimous, and some Icelanders participated in a pro-neutrality, anti-membership riot in March 1949. The creation of NATO can be seen as the primary institutional consequence of a school of thought
Soviet cruiser Admiral Oktyabrsky lack of funds for repair, and the hull was transferred to an underwater engineering detachment, to be sold for scrap. The crew of the ship was disbanded on 10 March 1994. During her career, "Admiral Oktyabrsky" was assigned the temporary tactical numbers 585, 225 (in 1975), 283, 138 (in 1976), 561, 564, 595, and 531. Soviet cruiser Admiral Oktyabrsky Admiral Oktyabrsky () was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II)-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy. The sixth ship of her class, the ship served mostly during the Cold War,