[THE BAGHDAD PACT] Security in unity: CENTO exercise Midlink Three.

(CENTO) CENTRAL TREATY ORGANIZATION., Central Treaty Organization Public Relations Division., Ankara, Yeni Meclis, Turkey, [1961]. Original wrappers. Oblong 4to. (21 x 27 cm). In English. [14] p., b/w photos. Scarce photographic booklet documenting the maritime exercises under the code name "Midlink Three" in the Arabian Sea, of thirty-five warships from the navies of CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) countries, participated in during two important weeks in October and November of 1960, which was the third in a series of annual CENTO naval exercises. This book was printed in Ankara, where is the organization’s headquarters from 1958 to 1979 thereafter in Baghdad, Iraq from 1955 to 1958. The booklet includes 30 b/w photographs with descriptive texts and documents the process of the operation began on October 25 at Pakistan Naval Station Karsaz, near Karachi. Cover photo shows a bugler sounding the opening of Midlink Three as senior staff and ships' officers arrive for a preliminary br