On 17 July 1956, the Working Party meets to discuss the French proposal on the plans for the units of the forces of the seven powers of Western European Union (WEU) which are under command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), as set out in document C(56)114. The representative of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Ulrich Sahm, mentions the points raised by his government on the French proposal, including the fact that the decision concerning any increase in the level of forces must be taken unanimously by the seven High Contracting Parties, who must also decide whether the decision should be taken within WEU or NATO. The FRG Government would prefer the decision to be taken within NATO since it is related to defence policy, which comes within the remit of NATO. French representative Francis Huré, on the other hand, believes that WEU is the organisation responsible for taking any final political decisions and that only the technical aspects should be left to NATO. British representative Lord Samuel Hood considers that the permanent representatives should be in a position to examine the technical and political aspects but that they should report to the WEU Council as well as to their governments, since in the event of a disagreement, the final decision would have to be taken by the WEU Council of Ministers.