Signing
The leaders of the countries who in Washington D.C. signed the agreement as plenipotentiaries were:
- Canada – Lester B Pearson and H. H. Wrong
- Denmark – Gustav Rasmussen and Henrik de Kauffmann
- Iceland – Bjarni Benediktsson and Ólafur Thors
- Italy – Carlo Sforza
- United Kingdom – Ernest Bevin and Oliver Franks, Baron Franks
- United States – Dean Acheson
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