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In 1965 British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Dassault agreed to collaborate on an AFVG (Anglo-French Variable Geometry) proposal, and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 17 May 1965. The AFVG was to be a multi-role aircraft for use by the air forces and naval air arms of both Britain and France. A full-scale mock-up was assembled at BAC Warton, but on 29 June 1967 France withdrew from the project and the UK government sought out other likely European partners for a collaborative aircraft project designated MRA-75 (Multi-Role Aircraft for 1975). Germany and Italy joined the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) (later named the "Tornado") programme after a meeting on 19 October 1967 at Fürstenfeldbruck, near Munich, when the Chiefs of Staff of the Belgian, Dutch, West German and Italian air forces met to discuss a possible replacement for their Lockheed F-104 Starfighters.