I find this interesting again, the number nine, it just keeps popping up. Was just reading up on the WEU again. It is very interesting that it seems to be most of this NATO, UN, WEU, EU, etc, started when Israel became a nation again.
C. Nine-power Conference Documents
28 September - 3 October 1954
The Final Act of the Nine-Power Conference, held in London between 28 September and 3 October 1954
Annex I
Draft Declaration inviting the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy to Accede to the Brussels Treaty
Annex II
A. Statement by the United States Secretary of State (the Hon. John Foster Dulles) at the Fourth Plenary Meeting
B. Statement by the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Right Hon. Anthony Eden, MP), at the Fourth Plenary Meeting
C. Statement by the Canadian Minister for External Affairs (the Hon. Lester Pearson) at the Fourth Plenary Meeting
Annex III
Conference Paper on "A German Defence Contribution and Arrangements to Apply to SACEUR's Forces on the Continent"
D. Other Documents
11 May 1955
Agreement on the Status of Western European Union, National Representatives and International Staff, signed at Paris on 11 May 1955
Annexes
Declaration by the Governments of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Declaration by the Government of Italy
10 March 1955
Message sent by the President of the United States of America to the Governments of Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom