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and prosperity by eliminating whole barriers,
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and defending the collective interests by
acting in common.
5. Australia is a long way from Europe
but her origins and culture are profoundly
European never more so than today when
her identity is more distinct and her
culture more distinctive than ever before.
The essence of European culture is surely
variety and originality flowing from common
sources. Australia has, like Europe, a
great and indispensible friend in the
United States of America and other good and
valuable friends throughout the world. But
it would surely not be in Australia's
long term political, military, economic or
cultural interest to see Europe, including
Britain, decline into a collection of
impotent, if reasonably prosperous, museum/
tourist countries. The European Communities
are determined to avoid this if they possibly
can. They will develop and grow in coherence
whether Britain joins them or not, but if
Britain and the other applicants join them,
then Europe has a far greater chance of
greatness, of contributing beneficially
to the world at large, including Australia and
the Pacifier
6.
Britain sees the European option not
as a rejection of other friendships and
loyalties but as an opportunity for European
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