On 16 November 1973, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the final reply by the WEU Council to Assembly Recommendation 235 on nuclear policies in Europe. The Council emphasises the various programmes that have already been set up within the nine-member European Communities and also in a wider framework, particularly in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), to promote a policy for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. It also welcomes the progress made in coordinating uranium enrichment and the extension of this cooperation to other Western European countries. With regard to the adoption of joint Atlantic nuclear policies, the Council believes it is too early to predict the lines along which cooperation with the United States will proceed.