ENGLAND: UNITED EUROPE ASSOCIATION FORMED TO PREPARE BRITISH FOR COMMON MARKET ENTRY

Record ID: 337230

  • Title: ENGLAND: UNITED EUROPE ASSOCIATION FORMED TO PREPARE BRITISH FOR COMMON MARKET ENTRY
  • Date: 10th October 1961
  • Summary: 1. GV EXTERIOR OF SAVOY HOTEL 0.05 2. SV INT. SIR EDWARD BEDDINGTON-BEHRENS WELCOMES THE IRISH AMBASSADOR 0.08 3. SV BEDDINGTON-BEHRENS WELCOMES M. PETROLL (GREECE) 0.11 4. SV LORD GLADWYN IS GREETED BY B. BEHRENS AN MR. A.D. GEOFFREY DE FREITAS (WITH GLASSES) 0.19 5. SCU DE FREITAS WELCOMES MR. REBECK (SWEDEN) 0.23 6. CU LORD BOOT
  • Embargoed: 25th October 1961 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON U.K.
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA1T12SMZHN85HVYKGKHRLSOTGR
  • Story Text: THE FORMATION OF A UNITED EUROPE ASSOCIATION WAS ANNOUNCED IN LONDON OCTOBER 9TH. ITS PURPOSE WILL BE TO EDUCATE THE BRITISH PEOPLE INTO AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE BRITISH ENTRY INTO THE COMMON MARKET.

    A RECEPTION WAS HELD IN THE HOTEL IN THE STRAND IN LONDON, UNDER THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, SIR EDWARD BEDDINGTON-BEHRENS.

    LORD BOOTHBY SPOKE...S.O.F.

    MUCH DIFFERENCE OF OPINION HAS BEEN FELT IN BRITAIN ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF JOINING EUROPE IN THE COMMON MARKET. PARTICULARLY VOCIFEROUS HAVE BEEN THE FARMERS, SOME OF THE NATIONS OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, WHO WISH TO EXAMINE MORE CAREFULLY THE TERMS UNDER WHICH THE BRITISH ENTRY WILL BE MADE.

    THE PURPOSE OF THE UNITED EUROPE ASSOCIATION IS TO UNDERTAKE AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF EDUCATION IN THE ENTIRE MATTER OF THE SOVEREIGN AND TRADE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND EUROPE. THEY AIM TO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE SERIES OF CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT INSIST THEY DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE OPINION THAT BRITAIN SHOULD ENTER THE COMMON MARKET AT ANY PRICE. THEY CLING TO THE AGRICULTURAL AND COMMONWEALTH SAFEGUARDS THAT HAVE BEEN A FEATURE OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION.
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