At its meeting on 20 January 1971, the Council of Western European Union (WEU) discusses the procedure established by Protocol No II on the level of forces of WEU Member States under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Discussions focus on the question of the special procedure from 1967 (see CR (67) 21), and French Ambassador Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel makes a statement in which he notes that, despite a lack of instructions from his government, he believes it would be in favour of the procedure being maintained. He points out that when France withdrew from the Council, its delegation was already not in agreement on the introduction of a new procedure. He is therefore not sure that the French Government will be able to accept the British proposal submitted in December 1968.