On 11 October 1963, Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel, French Ambassador to London, sends a telegram about an article in the British daily newspaper Times which reports on the recent statements by the French Government on the progress of its nuclear force. The Times emphasises the provisions of the Treaty of Brussels, particularly the obligation for France to comply with inspections by the Agency for the Control of Armaments (ACA). He even raises the possibility that the Federal Republic of Germany might invoke France’s refusal to allow its nuclear weapons to be controlled in order to claim that it no longer has to fulfil its obligations within Western European Union (WEU).