France Wanted to Join United Kingdom
Holy crap!
A Cabinet paper reads: “Monsieur Mollet raised with the Prime Minister the possibility of a union between the UK and France.” A document of September 28 records a talk between Sir Anthony and Cabinet Secretary Sir Norman Brook.It says: “The PM told him (Brook) we should give immediate consideration to France joining the Commonwealth.
“Monsieur Mollet had not thought there need be difficulty over France accepting the headship of Her Majesty. The French would welcome common citizenship.”
A year later, France signed up to the new Common Market. Britain, blocked by General de Gaulle, was left out in the cold.
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