Atalntic Pact countries meet in London 1st November 1949 Representatives of the UK, Canada, Luxembourg, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Portugaul, Netherlands, Belgium, France and the USA met at Lancaster House for the innaugral meeting of the Northern Region of the Atlantic Pact. Photo shows: The chairman of the meeting addresses the representatives this morning. He is Mr Halaby. On his right is Dr Taggart of USA and on his left is the Secretary, Mr West-Burnham.