On 31 May 1968, the French delegation submits a draft note on relations between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Western European Union (WEU) covering various aspects relating to France’s withdrawal from the NATO command, particularly the ceilings for forces, levels of armaments and controls carried out by the Agency for the Control of Armaments (ACA). Finally, the French Government reaffirms its allegiance to the commitments laid down in Article V of the Brussels Treaty, even noting that there may be greater flexibility in the assignment of French forces than was previously the case. This latter observation is taken up in the final text of the Working Party on NATO–WEU relations (WPM (68) 31).