On 30 April 1963, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the draft reply prepared by the United Kingdom delegation to Assembly Recommendation 83 on the state of European security and a NATO nuclear force. The draft focuses on the possible establishment of a nuclear force for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), composed of existing forces from elements of the British and United States strategic forces and new arms from the forces of the Atlantic Alliance. The draft reply emphasises that these matters are under discussion in the North Atlantic Council.