On 24 March 1982, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the reply by the WEU Council to Assembly Recommendation 375 on negotiations on theatre nuclear forces. The Council shares the Assembly’s concerns on the growing number of Soviet land-based intermediate-range nuclear systems. Regarding the Assembly’s recommendation on the double-track decision of 12 December 1979, the Council notes that the allies intend to implement the two tracks of the decision, namely intermediate-range nuclear force modernisation and arms control, and that their determination to do so has also convinced the Soviet Union to negotiate without preconditions. On the question of public opinion, the Council emphasises the importance of keeping the public informed, particularly in the light of the Soviet propaganda campaign.