”The effective use of U.S strategic air power against the USSR will require overseas bases on foreign territory for some years to come… The availability of such bases and their use by the United States in case of need will depend, in most cases, on the consent and cooperation of the nations where they are located. Such nations will assume the risks entailed only if convinced that their own security will thereby be best served.”
Från Statement of Policy by the U.S. National Security Council 1954