In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador, Director of the Press Office and Spokesman for the Belgian Foreign Ministry from 1966 to 1968, describes the initiatives taken by Pierre Harmel, Belgian Foreign Minister from 1966 to 1972, in the field of defence, firstly in a report to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on the ‘Future Tasks of the Alliance’ (December 1967) and secondly by proposing a revival of European integration through Western European Union (WEU) (1968).

In this interview excerpt, Philippe de Schoutheete, Honorary Belgian Ambassador, Director of the Press Office and Spokesman for the Belgian Foreign Ministry from 1966 to 1968, describes the personality of Pierre Harmel, who succeeded Paul-Henri Spaak as Belgian Foreign Minister from 1966 to 1972, and that of Étienne Davignon, Head of the Private Office of the two ministers.