The 1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the 12th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in September 1962, and was hosted by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
The meeting saw the expansion of the Commonwealth to include several newly sovereign countries in Africa and the Caribbean.
The main topic of discussion was the British government's negotiations to join the European Economic Community and concerns by Commonwealth nations of the impact of such a move on trade between Britain and the Commonwealth.
Participants
Nation Name Portfolio Harold Macmillan Prime Minister (Chairman) Robert Menzies Prime Minister John Diefenbaker Prime Minister S.P.C. Fernando Justice Minister Archbishop Makarios III President F.K.D. Goka Finance Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein Deputy Prime Minister Keith Holyoake Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister Ayub Khan President Sir Roy Welensky Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai Prime Minister Rashidi Kawawa Prime Minister Eric Williams Prime Minister
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