In its note dated 11 November 1975, the Secretariat-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the Council’s reply to WEU Assembly Recommendation 269 on the state of European security. Various points are raised, including the negotiations on mutual and balanced force reductions (MBFR) in Europe, the situation in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus, and the standardisation of armaments. Several French amendments (WPM (75)34/2) are incorporated concerning cooperation on armaments standardisation and the division of tasks between WEU and the Atlantic Alliance.