The Secretary-General circulates the text of a communication to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on a decision taken by the Council of Western European Union (WEU) at its meeting in Rome on 5 March 1958. The representatives of the WEU Member States on the North Atlantic Council will invite NATO to use the expertise and services of the Standing Armaments Committee (SAC), in particular for the production of modern weapons. As members of both organisations, the main aim of these states is to further the common cause of the Atlantic Alliance.