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The sixties 1964-70 - Coggle Diagram
The sixties 1964-70
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foreign affairs
relations towards USA
Harold Wilson himself was a pro-American, the cold war was still committed to the alliance. However the relationship was strained due to the Vietnam War
Vietnam war
USA was fighting in Vietnam to stop communism spreading. While Wilson refused to send troops to Vietnam to help them win He didn't condemn USA for the war. this made Britain angry as they didn't want war. there were lots of public protests
Decolonisation
Due to defence budget cuts Healey set a timetable for troop withdrawal from Aden, the Middle East, Malaysia and Singapore
Rhodesia
Macmillan had chosen Cape Town as the place to make his "winds of change speech" in 1965 Ian Smith issued a unilateral Declaration of independence for Rhodesia without accepting majority rule. Wilson and Smith had a meeting on the HMS tiger but this didn't make progress. Wilson attempted to sanction Smith with oil sanction but it didn't work as they got oil from Mozambique. This made Britain look weak as there diplomacy didn't work
Relations with europe
They were rejected from the EEC again due to the fact that Britain once again didn't break their relationship with america