Dispatch from the French Embassy in London on the United Kingdom and WEU (London, 30 March 1982)

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On 30 March 1982, the French Embassy in London analyses an editorial in the Times of 16 March on the United Kingdom’s attitude to the French initiative to relaunch Western European Union (WEU) with a view to developing a European defence policy. The Embassy concludes that, for the British, only the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) provides the consultative forum that is required for European defence, with the possible exception of the 10-Member-State European Community via the medium of the European Council and the Genscher-Colombo Plan. A British shift in favour of an independent European defence system therefore appears unlikely.

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Source: Ambassade de France en Grande-Bretagne. Dépêche d'actualité. Diplomatie Paris. Direction d'Europe. A/S La Grande-Bretagne et l'UEO: Londres, le 30 mars 1982, No 7/DA/EU. Confidentiel. 4 p.

Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Centre des Archives diplomatiques de Nantes. Archives rapatriées de l'ambassade de France à Londres. Série «Union de l'Europe occidentale (UEO)». 1953-1992 (2002). 378PO/UEO/1-389. Numéro 101. Cote UEO.1.3. Défense et armement. 1980-1983.

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