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talking only about agriculture but that if the Minister of Economic Affairs had been present he would have argued for the need for adequate parallelism between the transitional periods for agriculture and industry.
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Mr. Lardinois returned to his original point. He said that there could not be first and second class members of the Community (i.e. those who had accepted the common agric- ultural policy and those who had not). Mr. Rippon replied that there would not be first and second class members. We had accepted the common agricultural policy and would work towards its complete application in Britain. We would likewise be contributing (though not to the extent of 31%) to the agricultural fund from the start. We would be opening our markets to agricultural exports from the Community. This was the Community's side of the bargain; ours was in the long term benefits.
8. At that point luncheon concluded. On leaving Mr. Lardinois said he hoped very much to have an opportunity of a talk with his British colleague Mr. Prior. He would find this most useful and welcome.
9. At the opening of the formal meeting a few minutes later, Mr. de Koster began by saying that it would be clear to Mr. Rippon that there had so far been no decision by the Netherland Government on the points which had been discussed at luncheon. So far as his Government wore concerned, they would all have to be thrashed out in the appropriate Cabinet committees and then submitted to the full Cabinet for final decisions.
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