USA Policy on Middle East Defense Development and Impact on the Establishment of Baghdad’s Pact, and Enhancement of the Turkish role in the Middle East (1950-1953) From the Documents of USA Department of State

After the dismemberment of the “Arab Homeland” by “Sykes – Picot Agreement” (1916), “Belford Declaration” (1917), the Independence of the “Orient States” (1946), and the establishment of the so-called “State of Israel” (1948), the concern of the USA was concentrated on rallying the States of the Middle East in a “Defense Organization” to resist the Arab National Orientation, and the „Communist Threats”, and to protect the western investments, through indigenous military forces and local self-finance. The USA and Western commitment towards this defense system is restricted to some military and technical assistance and full control of the military, economic, political, social and cultural activities in a way that protects and guarantees the western interests, investments and plans.