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1970-79: Foreign Affairs - Coggle Diagram
1970-79: Foreign Affairs
Europe
Heath was a europhile and De Gaulle was no longer France's president instead George Pompidou was leader who beloved the EEC needed Britain, which strongly increased the chance of being excepted.
Enoch Powell voted against the European bill at every single stage, believing Heath had betrayed Britain by signing the treaty before it was debated in parliament.
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Conservatives opposed joining as they believed strongly in the commonwealth or feared Britain was surrendering her sovereignty.
Britain applied in 1971 and in 1973, Britain's 3rd application to the EEC was accepted
USA
Heath rejected attempts of US secretary of states, Kissinger to use Britain as a link with Europe, instead believed the US should negotiate with the European Community as a whole.
Heath was more open in his support of the US's policy in Vietnam than Wilson had been,
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The relationship worsened in 1973, during the Yom Kippur War, a the US wnated to use NATO bases in Europe for an airlift of supplies to Israel but most European countries including Britain refused.
Britain refused to support the US as they reared tat supplies of oil form the Middle Eats would be put at risk.
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The European referendum
1975, voter support for staying in the EEC was much stronger.
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1975, European referendum aimed to increase party unity by allowing anti-europeans Labour MPs to campaign their views rather than enforcing a single party opinion.
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'yes' campaigners included europhiles Roy Jenkins and Heath, with most of the press in support.
'No' campaigners included those who argues t would be bad for workers rights such as leftists Michael Foot and Barbara Castle. It also included right wing Enoch Powell and Ian Paisley who argued Britain would lose independence.