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"HOME DISTRIBUTION" PLUS DISTRIBUTION TO ALL OVERSEAS DIPLOMATIC POSTS
KEEPING POSTS CVERSEAS INFORMED ABOUT EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
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1. Our foreign policy is increasingly affected by
developments in the European Community, both in the
Institutions of the EEC and in the European Political
Cooperation machinery. It is clear from correspond-
ence from posts that keeping posts abroad informed of
what is going on among the Nine presents a problem.
It is not easy for those directly engaged in
European business to direct the right amount of
material and the right kind of material to posts
abroad. Many of the problems are complicated and
the degree of interest in them will vary widely
from post to post. Those responsible for European
affairs in the FCO and UK Rep Brussels will not
always know which country is interested in what
subjects. But there is probably more we can do to
explain the problems to our representatives overseas.
3. It should be borne in mind that the activities
of the Community are extensively reported in the
newspapers, particularly the Times and Financial
Times.
Departments in the FCO and posts abroad will
therefore often know when to ask a question or to
seek detailed guidance simply by reading the press.
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