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...journalists who had witnessed those historic pronouncements were among the 300 newsmen who gathered at the Elysée Palace one evening last week. Seated on gilt chairs with barricades of cameramen and TV crews behind them, they waited for the appearance of Britain's Prime Minister Edward Heath and France's President Georges Pompidou...
Then, behind a procession of aides and bodyguards, came Heath and Pompidou, walking in step into the gilt and crystal glitter of the ballroom. Pompidou signaled Heath to precede him into the room. The two men seated themselves in Louis XIV armchairs on a raised dais, with Heath at the President's right...
...twice used for vetoing Britain's earlier application to join the European Economic Community. "Many others also believed that France was prepared to use all means of veto to prevent Great Britain from getting into the Common Market. Well, ladies and gentlemen," said Pompidou, now glancing at Heath, "tonight you see before you two men who are convinced that this is not the case." Then, in a convoluted manner, Pompidou added: "It would be unreasonable to think that an agreement cannot be reached between Britain and the Common Market in the talks beginning in June...
...Heath, who made his maiden speech in Parliament 21 years ago on the subject of European unity, responded: "I have long believed that Europe must grow steadily together in unity, and that Britain should be a part of that wider unity. I believe that only in this way can we secure the future peace of our Continent and end forever the quarrels which have brought such suffering upon our countries in the past...
...headlined London's Daily Mirror after the two-day talks had ended. At the star-shaped Bâtiment Berlaymont in Brussels, one jubilant member of the nine-man EEC Commission cried: "There is absolutely no doubt about it-Britain is coming in!" The Heath-Pompidou understanding opened the way not only for British admission but also for entry by Ireland, Denmark and Norway. By 1973, the Six are likely to become the Ten, with a combined population of 253 million and a $660 billion gross national product, second only to America's. Later, that number may well...