On 1 April 1981, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the draft reply by the British delegation to the WEU Council to the question put by Sir Frederic Bennett, a British member of the WEU Assembly, on the measures that WEU member countries have taken or are contemplating taking to assist the Afghan resistance movements. Frederic Bennett particularly raises the question of deliveries of weapons to the resistance movements. The Council, while recognising the Afghan resistance’s need for weapons, remains cautious and considers that it would not be helpful to give a specific answer to the question so as to avoid providing any information that might help identify supply sources.