§ 62. Mr. Shinwellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the British financial contribution for the new headquarters for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels; and what is the estimate for the annual United Kingdom maintenance cost.
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§ Mr. MulleyThe British share of the construction cost is estimated at £483,600 and of the maintenance cost in 1968, about £17,800.
§ 63. Mr. Longdenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what were the results of the studies undertaken by the Permanent Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the future tasks of the Alliance; and what contribution was made to these discussions by the representatives of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MulleyA report on this subject was approved by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Ministers at their meeting at Brussels in December and published as an Annex to the Communiqué. Copies of these documents are available in the Library of the House. I was the United Kingdom representative at meetings of the special Group which drew up the report and Mr. Adam Watson, an Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office, was one of the rapporteurs who prepared studies for the Special Group.