Talks on the establishment of a new relationship between the EEC and 46 developing nations; British Government ‘s attempts to renegotiate the common agricultural policy; Conservative Party’s campaign to keep Britain in the Common Market; Harold Wilson and Leonard James Callaghan’s efforts to speed up the renegotiation of Britain’s Common Market terms; Talks on EEC regional fund; EEC consensus on plan to recycle oil money through the International Monetary Fund (IMF); Issue of a new beef market regime; Roy Jenkins' concerns on possibility of Britain withdrawing from the Common Market; EEC policy on sex discrimination; Negotiations over sugar prices; Debate in Britain on the referendum on membership of the EEC; Start of the Common Market referendum campaign; Text of Anthony Wedgwood Benn’s letter on Common Market and the referendum; Debate on national future in the EEC; EEC delay in introducing farm price rises; Peter Shore’s point on deterioration of the British trade balance and attack on the continued membership of the EEC; Announcement of dates of the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EEC; Opening of the British campaign over the EEC; British political parties’ attitude towards the referendum on the renegotiation; EEC’s plan to reduce British share of budget.

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