On 15 and 16 March 1966, the Council of Ministers of Western European Union (WEU) meets at the organisation’s headquarters in London. British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart (on the right, at the far end of the table) chairs the meeting. The WEU Secretary-General, Maurice Iweins d’Eeckhoutte from Belgium, sits next to him. Items on the agenda particularly include France’s decision to withdraw from the NATO integrated command structure and the repercussions of this decision on the Atlantic Alliance.