On 5 July 1972, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates a note with the Council’s reply to question 128 put by Mr Schloesing concerning the United Kingdom’s participation in FINABEL meetings. The member asks whether it would be logical for the Standing Armaments Committee (SAC) to provide the secretariat for the meetings in which the United Kingdom is taking part and whether the chiefs of staff of the naval and air forces of the FINABEL countries should also meet in the same framework. The Council replies that the SAC is studying how the United Kingdom’s admission to FINABEL will affect its own operation and that it will express an opinion only when it is in possession of the full facts related to the issue. The Council also refers to the problems raised by the establishment of similar forums which will have to be considered by member governments.