On 4 December 1962, following the successful resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Assembly of Western European Union (WEU) adopts Recommendation 88, encouraging the WEU Council to initiate discussions in the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on defence outside the NATO area and the interpretation of Article 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty. The Assembly believes that the Cuban crisis has clearly shown that actions by NATO powers outside the NATO area have a direct impact on the fate of all the allies.