‘AGAINST ADVICE’
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 25.
The decision of the British Prime Minister (Mr Harold Wilson), to reveal immediately President de Gaulle’s plans for a new Europe was taken against the advice of Mr Christopher Soames, the Ambassador to Paris, the “Daily Telegraph” European affairs correspondent, Walter Farr, claimed yesterday.
“I understand that Mr Soames felt that the Government should weigh the situation, avoid precipitate action and consider whether further talks with General de Gaulle might be helpful,” he said. “Although the General de Gaulle plans were generally unacceptable it might have been useful at least to discuss them with the French at ministerial level. “Such soundings could have improved the atmosphere for renewed efforts to reopen Common Market negotiations.” Farr said the Ambassador’s instructions now were “to try to calm the French, and to work to restore an atmosphere of trust."
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31923, 26 February 1969, Page 17
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