On 20 March 1963, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the final reply by the WEU Council to Assembly Recommendation 88 on defence outside the NATO area and the Cuban crisis. The Council notes that WEU Member States have always taken an active part in the political consultations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and emphasises that on a number of occasions they have been the prime movers of such discussions. In the light of the events that occurred during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Council notes that the Assembly has asked it to initiate discussions in the North Atlantic Council with a view to re-examining the geographical concept set out in Article VI of the North Atlantic Treaty.