41.
As you will know we have, in cooperation with 5 of the
16 members of the EEC, who are also with us and France members
of Western European Union which antedated NATO, seeking greater
European unity in fields not covered by the Treaty of Rome. We
regret that France has recently ceased attending WEU meetings.
We have no wish to exclude France, but we cannot agree that
meetings of the WEU Council can only be held by unanimous
agreement of all members.
42. Meanwhile full membership of the Commission remains our
objective and our application under Article 231 of the Treaty of
Rome stands. We have made it clear that we are prepared to
consider any proposals for our interim solution provided that
they come from the Six as a whole, and provided they are clearly
linked with our objective of full membership.
43. The main pillar of our foreign policy is a united free
Europe, including Britain, in an effective Atlantic Alliance,
with the whole outward looking, promoting liberal trade and aid
policies of benefit to the whole world, and especially the
developing countries.
44. Nothing could do more than this to promote both world
prosperity and world security.
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