On 6 October 1981, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates a second amended version of the draft reply by the WEU Council to Assembly Recommendation 371 on European security and events in the Gulf area. The document again contains several suggestions for amendments by the various delegations, particularly the British, French and German delegations. The amendments mainly concern the situation arising from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, as well as WEU relations with the Gulf states. Most of the French and British amendments are taken up in the final version (revised document C(81)143).