Internal note from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the current negotiations with France on the standardisation of armaments (17 December 1975)

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This internal note from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office dated 17 December 1975 describes the recent initiatives in and between Europe and North America in the area of standardisation of armaments and interoperability. The note addresses renewed French participation in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) initiatives such as the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) and its subsidiary Armament Groups. It also points out that the French Government has stopped its attempts to revive the Standing Armaments Committee (SAC).

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Source: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Foreign Office, Western Organisations and Co-ordination Department and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Western Organisations Department: Registered Files (W and WD Series). WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION (WEU). Future of Standing Armaments Committee of Western European Union. 01/01/1975-31/12/1975, FCO 41/1749 (Former Reference Dep: WDU 11/1 PART B).

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

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