HC Deb 11 February 1963 vol 671 c123W
Mr. Warbey

asked the Lord Privy Seal what are the conditions under which West German armed forces assigned to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation can be withdrawn from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation command and be placed under national command.

Mr. Heath

The Resolution to implement Section IV of the Final Act of the London Conference, adopted by the North Atlantic Council on 22nd October, 1954, and forming part of the Paris Agreements, provides that all forces of member nations stationed in the area of Allied Command, Europe, shall be placed under North Atlantic Treaty Organisation command with the exceptions of forces intended for the defence of overseas territories and other forces which the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation recognises as suitable to remain under national command.

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