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Independent Commonwealth countries in
Africa and the Caribbean
20. During the 1962 negotiations it was
agreed that association under Part IV of
the Rome Treaty would be available for
independent Commonwealth countries in
Africa and the Caribbean; that it would
remain available for those who did not
initially apply; and that the enlarged
Community would alternatively be willing
to negotiate trade agreements with them.
Association with the EEC was at that time
viewed with considerable suspicion by some
African Commonwealth countries as a form
of neo-colonialism, and they were
reluctant to contemplate applying for it.
21. In 1964 Part IV Association was
replaced, in the case of independent
African countries, by the first Yaoundé
Convention (see paragraph 6 above),
At the time of signature of the Convention,
the EEC Council of Ministers issued their
Declaration of Intent (see paragraphs 13-
16
above).
22. Since then Nigeria has concluded a
limited association agreement with the
Community, which was never ratified and
has since lapsed. Kenya, Uganda and
Tanzania have negotiated two successive
association agreements which, however,
unlike the Yaoundé Convention, have no
aid provisions. Ghana, Sierra Leone and
The Gambia have all. shown some interest in
association with the DEC. The attitude
of a number of African Commonwealth
Goverments has therefore undergone a
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