File concerning Britain’s negotiations to join the EEC, includes: Memo on "Course B: possible action in case negotiations between the UK and EEC should not succeed (or should be substantially delayed)"; Copie of Brussels’s letters relaying to EFTA the progress of the discussions and behind the curtains activities; Note on EFTA policy in the event of a breakdown; Memo on future activities of the EFTA countries with regard to GATT and the Kennedy round; Text of the Lord Privy Seal’s closing statement at the meeting of the UK/EEC Conference on 29/01/63; Note on breakdown of the negotiations in Brussels which brings and end to the policy set out in the London Declaration and in the Geneva decisions of June and July 1961; Transcript of the British PM Harold Macmillan on 30/01/63; M. Gobach’s statement (Austria) 4/2/63; Report by the Lord Privy Seal on his bilateral talks with the Five and the US before the breakdown; Statement on the negotiations concerning Great Britain’s accession to the EEC made to the European Parliament by Walter Hallstein, President of the commission of the EEC, 05/02/63; Notes and statements on Britain’s negotiations for a second attempt to join the EEC; Report by the London Press Service Diplomatic Correspondent, Kenneth Holroyd on the press conference given by the UK Prime Minister in Brussels on 01/02/67; Statement by the Prime Minister on the 02/05/1967; Transcript of British House of Common’s debater, 08/05/67; Statement by the British Government at the meeting of the Council of WEU, 04/07/67on its application to become member of the European Communities; President de Gaulle’s press conference 27/11/67 on Britain’s application; Report on the de Gaulle/Soames talks: the facts by LPS Diplomatic correspondent; Note revealing Harold Wilson’s cautious optimism for Britain’s entry into the EEC following de Gaulle’s departure; Copy of statement on the revised mandate by British delegation communicated to the Community setting out the views of the UK Government on the commission’s report on the negotiations with the EFTA non-candidates

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