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justification for finding alternative markets at the expense
of British preference in Australia.
There is concern in
the press about the effect of entry on Britain's role East of
Suez.
4.
In Canada, there has been no official reaction; but the press, and Ministers and officials speaking privately, have been sympathetic. They expect some special arrangements to be made for Canada but do not think that these would be very extensive. There is some recognition that an outward-looking Community, including Britain, would have advantages for Canada. 5. The Prime Minister's statement has been received in New Zealand with varying degrees of confidence that everything possible will be done to take New Zealand's interests into account. Both the leader of the Opposition and the New Zealand
Herald have attributed statements to Mr. Wilson that
New Zealand will be treated as a special case.
Restiveness on
the part of Britain's E.F.T.A. partners is believed to have
affected the decision.
Caribbean
6.
In Caribbean Commonwealth countries reaction has been
varied. Jamaica is the most apprehensive. Jamaicans, in
Government, business circles and the press, are afraid that
the safeguards which we would be seeking for Commonwealth
countries might prove unobtainable and that we might be
obliged in the end to accept the harshest terms. In Barbados
there has been no official comment. The post speculates
that the Prime Minister of Barbados regards British entry as
inevitable but hopes that Commonwealth interests really will
There has been no reaction in Trinidad or
be safeguarded.
Guyana.
7.
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