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Western European Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The Assembly of Western European Union (WEU) held the first part of its seventh ordinary session in London from May 29 to June 1, 1961. Mr. Arthur Conte (France) was President of the session. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Harold Macmillan, welcomed the delegates and broached the question of his country's relations with Europe in the following terms: 1) the movement toward European unity should be allowed to grow naturally—it could not be imposed; 2) the United Kingdom was determined to press forward with the consolidation of western Europe; and 3) three problems confronting his country vis-à-vis European unity were (a) British agricultural difficulties, (b) the special relationship of the Commonwealth countries with Great Britain, and (c) British association with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , Winter 1962 , pp. 257 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1962

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1 Western European Union, Assembly, Proceedings (7th ordinary session, 1st part), Volume I, Assembly Documents; ibid., Volume II, Minutes, Official Report of Debates; see also Council of Europe News, 07 1961 (New Series No. 15), p. 6–7Google Scholar. For a summary of the second part of the sixth session, see International Organization, Spring 1961 (Vol. 15, No. 2), p. 334–336Google Scholar.