foreign relations Flashcards
vietnam states
communist north
non communist south - viet cong rebels
america involvement in vietnam
support south vietnam
america sent troops to support
end of vietnam war
war ended when US withdrew - peace with honour
viet cong took over the whole country
opinion of vietnam war
very unpopular and contravsersial
increasingly unpopular asn evidence of casualties and events were revealed
economic considerations of british involvement in vietnam
could not afford military action
BUT britain needed US support to keep value of sterling stable
british involvement in vietnam war
more moral support than military
supplied weapons, equipment and advisors to the US
supplied SV allies with artillery and aeroplanes
estimated britain gave 5 million per year during the conflict
wilson opinion on US
pro-american
supporter of atlantic alliance
with ongoing cold war, wanted to ensure US stayed committed to defence of europe
special relationship strain - vietnam
Johnson wanted support and approval from all US allies
wanted britain to send troops to vietnam like australia did
labour and eec
not as committed to seeking entry to EEC
gaitskill fought against Britain’s 1st application
many of the left saw eec as a capitalist club
wilson and eec
preferred the special relationship and links with commonwealth
BUT saw the economic strengths of the eec
2nd bid for eec entry
cabinet supported Wilson
prospects of the bid succeeding was already low
rejected
de gaulle and 2nd bid for eec entry
demanded britain would detatch itseld from the special relationship
de gaulle used his veto against british entry
withdrawal from east suez
had to be military reductions for economic reasons
drastic spending cits after 1967 devaluation crisis
withdrawal from east suez accelerated and troops pulled out of Aden, Gulf, Malaysia and Singapore by end of 1971
