British membership of the of EEC
Documents from 03 October 1970 to 30 October 1970Identity Statement
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Carr, Mary
Content and Structure
Britain’s approach to Common Market; British estimates of the cost of entry into the EEC; Coordination call to EEC candidature; Britain’s request of a transition period to adjust herself to the common agricultural policy; Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister of Singapore, expecting British support; Conservative party’s support of the British Government policy of entering the Common Market; Russia against EEC getting bigger; Geoffrey Rippon’s policy on British entry into the EEC;
European Commission possible refusal to put precise figure on financial cost of British entry into the Common Market; European Commission’s possible retaliatory measures against US trade bill; British monetary role in Europe; Recommendation for a supranational decision centre to control Common Market economic policy; EEC steps to political unity; French position on transitional periods requested by Britain for agriculture and industry.
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