On 21 June 1973, the Assembly of Western European Union (WEU) adopts Recommendation 238 on European security — relations with the countries of Eastern Europe, in which it calls on the WEU Council and the member governments to continue to improve Europe’s contribution to Western defence and to pursue the joint production of armaments. It also urges them to ensure that any East–West agreement on force reductions should not harm the security and interests of Western Europe and that any agreements on strategic arms limitation should impose no restrictions on the transfer of weapons or technology to the allies of the United States.