Extract from minutes of the 140th meeting of the WEU Council (9 December 1959)

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At its meeting on 9 December 1959, the Council of Western European Union (WEU) addresses questions concerning the political consultations within the organisation and relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). British representative Sir Anthony Rumbold reiterates the position he adopted at the previous meeting (document CR(59)17) and confirms that, in terms of political consultations, NATO should remain the main forum for any joint action and for matters of common concern. But he admits that WEU could also have a part to play. French Ambassador Jean Chauvel notes that it is too early to predict how consultations between the Six and the Seven of WEU will develop but that the aim should be to avoid repeating the same information in three different places — NATO, the European Economic Community (EEC) and WEU — without diminishing the importance of NATO.

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Source: Council of the Western European Union. Extract from minutes of the 140th meeting of WEU Council held on 9 December 1959. CR (59)18. pp. 3-6.

Archives nationales de Luxembourg (ANLux). http://www.anlux.lu. Western European Union Archives. Secretariat-General/Council’s Archives. 1954-1987. Relations with non-member countries and other international organisations. Year: 1962, 01/12/1955-30/06/1962. File 350.00. Volume 1/2.

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