Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Abubuwan da suka faru a duniya da suka bukaci yanke shawara mai wuya na tsaro na kasa sun nuna alamar Johnson. Rikicin Berlin
ya ƙare a watan Mayu na 1949, lokacin da Rasha ta ɗaga takunkumin. Johnson ya nuna Berlin Airlift a matsayin nasara na fasaha mai mahimmanci ga makomar jigilar kaya ta iska kuma a matsayin misali na 'ya'yan itacen haɗin kai. Mako guda bayan Johnson ya hau mulki, Amurka da wasu kasashe 11 sun rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Arewacin Atlantic, suna samar da wata kungiya ta yanki wacce ta zama zuciyar tsarin tsaro na gama gari. Bayan ajiyar farko, Johnson ya goyi bayan sabon kawancen da shirin taimakon soja ga NATO da sauran abokan kawancen Amurka da aka kafa ta Dokar Taimakawa Tsaron Tsaro (1949).