Brief by the British Foreign Office on the Agreement implementing Article 5 of Protocol II on the forces of WEU (23 February 1957)

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On 23 February 1957, in preparation for the forthcoming Western European Union (WEU) Ministerial Meeting, due to be held on 26–27 February in London, the British Foreign Office prepares a brief for the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Selwyn Lloyd, on the Agreement implementing Article 5 of Protocol II on the forces of WEU. The note gives a background analysis on the agreement and its negotiation phase. The crucial part of the agreement is Article IV, which states that the WEU Council will accept the figures on levels of forces provided to it by the North Atlantic Council. The analysis concludes that the Secretary of State should sign the agreement.

Quelle und Copyright

Quelle: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Foreign Office, Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. WESTERN ORGANISATIONS (WU): Western European Union - WEU (WUW). WEU ministerial meetings. 01/01/1957-31/12/1957, FO 371/131147 (Former Reference Dep: File 1078 (pp 24 to end)).

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

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