The reply by the Council of Western European Union (WEU) to Recommendation 68 on the Standing Armaments Committee and the joint production of armaments reproduces the entire British proposal (C(61)182) except for paragraph 4, for which the proposal by French representative Jean Chauvel was chosen at the Council of 6 December 1961 (CR(61)25). The Council supports the principle of interdependence in the production of armaments as a means of making savings in costs and manpower and increasing military efficiency.