Brief by the Foreign Office for the North Atlantic Council meeting in Paris on 9–11 May 1955: Relationship between NATO and WEU (4 May 1955)

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On 4 May 1955, the Foreign Office issues a brief outlining the British position on NATO–WEU relations prior to the ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Paris from 9 to 11 May 1955. The United Kingdom’s position is that, while Western European Union (WEU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) should maintain close cooperation, WEU should not duplicate NATO’s work. The brief also lists the main WEU bodies that should develop working relationships with NATO: the WEU Council, the Armaments Control Agency and the Standing Armaments Committee.

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Source: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Foreign Office, Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. WESTERN ORGANISATIONS (WU). Western European Union (WEU): Liaison with NATO. 01/01/1955-31/12/1955, FO 371/118579 (Former Reference Dep: File 10784).

Copyright: (c) The National Archives of the United Kingdom

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