Heath’s secret files on the E.E.C
“Condemned to succeed”: the Heath-Pompidou summit which took Britain into the E.E.C, May 1971
The Heath Government was elected in June 1970 determined to take Britain into the E.E.C. The balance of political forces in Europe finally appeared to favour our application, the General Election had conferred a fresh mandate for entry and most important of all, perhaps, the European ideal lay at the very heart of the new Prime Minister’s political creed. Entry seemed a more achievable objective than it ever had before.
The key summit documents
Documents released under Margaret Thatcher Foundation FoI request:
Summit agenda
20 May (Session 1)
20 May (Session 2)
21 May (Session 3)
21 May (Session 4)
Agreed Minites (unpublished)
Heath’s secret files on the E.E.C.
Available here on line for the first time are Heath’s secret files on the E.E.C up to the May 1971 summit, which run to 1500 pages.
Read them in full from the link here
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