1.
GV. MINISTRY OF TRADE BUILDING IN VIENNA.
0.06

2.
CU. EFTA SICK.
0.10

3.
GV.INT.. DELEGATES SEATED AROUND TABLES.
0.14

4.
SCU. SECRETARY GENERAL MR. F.E. FIGURES (LEFT) TALKS WITH THE CHAIRMAN DR. BRUNO KREISKY.
0.19

5.
CU. SIGN 'GREAT BRITAIN'
0.21

6.
CU. SIR WILLIAM GARRETT, LEADER OF ENGLISH DELEGATION.
0.26

7.
SV. PORTUGUESE DELEGATION.
0.29

8.
CU. SIGN 'SWITZERLAND'
0.32

9.
CU. MR. HEINRICH HOMBERGER LEADER OF SWISS DELEGATION.
0.35

10.
STV. FINNISH DELEGATION.
0.39

11.
CU. SIGN 'SWEDEN'
0.42

12.
SCU. MR.BERTIL KUGELBERG (LEFT) TALKS WITH MR. AXEL IVEROTH (LEADER OF SWEDISH DELEGATION)
0.46

13.
GV.INT.. DELEGATES AROUND TABLES.
0.50



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Background: THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION MET IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA, DEC 5 FOR A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS FACING MEMBER STATES IN THE PRESENT PHASE OF THE MOVE TOWARDS EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. FINNISH REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF ECONOMIC LIFE IN THE E.F.T.A. COUNTRIES - AUSTRIA: BRITAIN: DENMARK: NORWAY: PORTUGAL: SWEDEN: AND SWITZERLAND - THE COMMITTEE WAS UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR. BRUNO KREISKY, THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, WHO SAID THAT DESPITE COMMON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS, E.F.T.A (THE OUTER SEVEN GROUP) WAS STILL AN INSTITUTION OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. HE CALLED FOR CLOSER CO-OPERATION AND SOLIDARITY IN THE FACE WHAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMMON MARKET.