Excerpts from the Minutes of the joint meeting between the Council and the Assembly Committee on Defence Questions and Armaments (12 June 1958)

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On 6 March 1958, in Rome, a joint meeting is held between the Council of Western European Union (WEU) and the Defence Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly to discuss various subjects including WEU’s contribution to the armaments production of the Atlantic Alliance. Chairman Giuseppe Pella notes that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is kept informed of the activities of the Standing Armaments Committee (SAC) and of possibilities for cooperation through the presence of NATO observers at meetings. A series of questions is raised about cooperation between France, Germany and Italy in the field of armaments research, development and production. A statement by those three countries indicates that this cooperation complies with NATO principles and that other countries are free to be involved. The Council is also keen to ensure that countries are informed of bilateral and tripartite agreements, particularly within the SAC, by making information available to NATO.

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Source: Council of the Western European Union. Minutes of the joint meeting between the Council and the Assembly Committee on defence questions and armaments, held on 6th march 1958 at Rome. 12.06.1958. C (58) 40. Copy No 64. pp. 1; 15-19.

Archives nationales de Luxembourg (ANLux). http://www.anlux.lu. Western European Union Archives. Secretariat-General/Council’s Archives. 1954-1987. Subjects dealt with by various WEU organs. Year: 1958, 01/06/1957-30/04/1958. File 442.00. Volume 1/4.

Copyright: (c) WEU Secretariat General - Secrétariat Général UEO

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