Note from the Directorate for Political Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry on the SAC (Paris, 5 February 1973)

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On 5 February 1973, in anticipation of the forthcoming meeting of the Council of Western European Union (WEU), due to be held at ministerial level on 15 February 1973 in Luxembourg City, the Directorate for Political Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry draws up a note for the minister delegate, André Bettencourt, on the Standing Armaments Committee (SAC). The Directorate for Political Affairs focuses on the complexity of the question of armaments standardisation and compares the various organisations (SAC, FINABEL, Eurogroup, NAS, CNAD, etc.) that deal with the same issue. It concludes that attempts must be made to maintain and strengthen the SAC.

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Source: Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Direction des Affaires Politiques. Service des Pactes et du Désarmement. Note pour le ministre-délégué. A/s. Session ministérielle du Conseil de l'UEO (février 1973): Paris, le 5 février 1973, N°53. Confidentiel.. 8 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 34. Cote UEO.1.2. Luxembourg. Réunion ministérielle 15 février 1973. 1970-1974.

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