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Foreign Affairs - Coggle Diagram

- - - - left of labour annoyed & US wanted greater backing
- - - - Minister of defence
      - spending cuts to bring military budget below £2 billion by 1970
      - Defence white paper 1967 - timetable for troop withdrawals from Aden, the Middle East, Malaysia, and Singapore.
      - 1967 Devaluation Crisis
        
        withdrawal quickly accelerated (all by 1971)
  - - - Prime minister Rhodesia
      - issued unilateral independence for Rhodesia 1965 without accepting majority rule (went against Britain's conditions.)
      - Discussions with Wilson Dec 1966 - Smith disavowed everything he said as soon as he got home
      - Smith undermined labour party - oil sanctions had little effect (upset Commonwealth, Labour left wing, and made Britain look weak.)