Dispatch from Christian Pineau to Jean Chauvel on WEU’s activities in the field of defence (Paris, 21 November 1956)

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On 21 November 1956, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau writes to Jean Chauvel, French Ambassador to London, to give his views on the position that should be adopted concerning Recommendation 6 of the Assembly of Western European Union (WEU) on WEU activities in the field of defence. The question that is raised is whether WEU maintains its role in the area of common defence or whether its powers have been transferred to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Christian Pineau believes that WEU’s powers in this field are restricted by the obligations entered into by its members as signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty. Since European defence is inseparable from the defence of the Atlantic Community, close cooperation is required. On the matter of communication between the WEU Council and the Assembly, the Foreign Minister notes that the military aspects of common defence do not come under the Council’s remit. The Council cannot communicate to the Assembly information that it does not own, which the member governments are only aware of because they belong to NATO. However, Christian Pineau does propose that the WEU member governments’ permanent representatives to NATO should be able to communicate information of a general nature to the Assembly.

Quelle und Copyright

Quelle: M. Pineau, ministre des Affaires étrangères, à M. Chauvel, ambassadeur de France à Londres: Paris, 21 novembre 1956, D. N° 98/PAN. Dans: Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Commission de publication des documents diplomatiques français. Documents diplomatiques français: 1956, Tome III, 24 octobre-31 décembre. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1990. Numéro du document 216. pp. 375-377.

Copyright: (c) Ministère des Affaires étrangères de la République Française
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