The Speeches of John Enoch Powell POLL 4/1/1 Speeches, November 1957-September 1965, 6 files POLL 4/1/1 File 1, May-September 1965 Image The Literary Executors of the late Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell & content :C the copyright owner. 2011. South Staffs Branch, Institute of 14/5/1965 The Economy/Industry Incomes And Prices Policies May-Sept 1965 Page 99 Marketing and Sales Management 21/5/1965 Immigration and Social Cohesion Immigration Conservative Women’s Coffee Morning, May-Sept 1965 Page 95 Wolverhampton 29/5/1965 Education and Literature Education - Grammar School Prize giving, Collyers’ School, Horsham May-Sept 1965 Page 91 Tradition 10/6/1965 The Economy/Industry . Defence America - Private Enterprise? American Chamber of Commerce, May-Sept 1965 Page 82 and Foreign Policy. London 18/6/1965 The Economy/Industry Industrial Relations Conservative Women's Meeting May-Sept 1965 Page 76 2/7/1965 The Economy/Industry . Labour/ ‘The Built-In Contradiction Of George Open Forum, Wolverhampton May-Sept 1965 Page 72 Socialism/Trade Unions. Brown’ 21/7/1965 The Economy/Industry Money Supply Eve of Poll Bye-election, Hove May-Sept 1965 Page 62 4/9/1965 The Economy/Industry Exports East Flint Cons. Assoc., Shotton May-Sept 1965 Page 52 10-12/09/1965 The Economy/Industry ‘How To Reward Effort In Industrial Swinton Conservative College May-Sept 1965 Page 43 And Commercial Life’ 13/9/1965 The Economy/Industry National Savings AGM, Wolverhampton Saving Groups May-Sept 1965 Page 39 18/9/1965 The Economy/Industry National Economic Plan Conservative Rally Meriden, Coventry May-Sept 1965 Page 29 18/9/1965 The Economy/Industry Trade Union Leaders Conservative Dinner, Coventry May-Sept 1965 Page 20 24/9/1965 The Economy/Industry Price Control Newport Cons. Assoc. May-Sept 1965 Page 13 25/9/1965 Energy And Environment National Plan - Energy Yes Rally, Gower May-Sept 1965 Page 9 ?/9/1965 Defence and Foreign Policy Defence Conservative Conference May-Sept 1965 Page 3 1 RELEASE TIME: 1)77EITCE TEE RT. HON. EJOCET: PO'dELL: Mr Chair:Ian, ladios andE..cntlmon, I am happy and proud to be called this or a yc to ahawor this Notion -- happy bocauso it is a nur:lbo.r of yc:ars since I havo had the or.ortunity to, addreso this C'Onforonce on any subjcct -Lore i.1-ntant than thc: suoly of vigs and teeth to foreigners undor the U.H.S.; proud because to carry the rosponsibility, althouh it is anly for the present "shadow" responsibility, for the defonce of this country is the frdfilsct of on al:most lifololg ambition. The nub of this Motion is in its ccncludih words: the defonce of our national intsts. To defond tlis nation's existence and itrl continuity is t7toe one objcct winich a Tory placs unconjtionual:d above all othors. That is ,tasily sid. But beforo the dett=inaticn ca:t he -cTotr into policy, we havo to ask, and to answor, a nuflbor of cralial civ:os± ons. tn the first placo, what do we mean by "tho nation"? I will say what I blieve we .7.ean. We moan the United Kindom. Whatever otner ra'ans the words "the British nation" can hava noel do havc-., tbhis is t'rn 5Ins0 in which w:ce 1;.so thrn when Her Nn,iosty's-toot Goverrl in tha Unitod Kin,,=;dom cnd the 4-Alce Parlint of th,: uar tc1 takc =asurc-s for soc=t,y a r r Whattvr obliatThns anj oc=nitmonts we Love bosidos, the ultimate r,lason and tho eltiante justification _for those co=it=ilts is th7t c hold them to be nocess,lry or advntagoctas for tfno., do2,-nce of the United Min6-dem. The Unitod Kingdoa is o Eurodn 3.7:ow::r. True, it has chartactorticics, profoundly relsvant to dofenco, melee it differont fro:n ah.:7 otner Ero,,7:ean Lower. But if the rcst of Eurcro succ=bod to an enorny,the saftty of the e islonds noel be -vn r---2L•precarious in the futumo than whon that o:vont lets tfhr-.ehtentd or ocorred in the past. 1norofor,t,d1 , -llteac which cah auce,osafully d:hd W,:stu::rn Esroo ateack from the, East -- tnc only prrsoot 'dir:Jctitn iron W.ofc'h d-,h:t..r is ncjer_hondt_d -- is ceontr-1 to our ::ef,enco reeling. Foroos a I o:at.:_rio:l yhich ar,2 nooded Issued by the Press Department, Conservative Central Office, Sports Stadium, Brighton. Tel. Brighton 29099 DEFENCE (41) THILl-D SESSION lofr Powoll for ths purposts of that alliance hovo an ovorridoing claim on ths roso=cEos w'oich us ct?r, dc.vots to our dofenco ovorriF'ine with on.ly ono proviso, that no oommtjtmont bc =tored into which would irrovocably dony us all ,rossibility of indor.tondont action, to Jotor on_ cneny or to mo...intin our own cxistoncc-:, h000svor ,3.nforsoorIbL: %oho oircunstancos nov now bs ir which that mij:nt to nocossary. This =ons, onon othor tin o, -r-at,/cur right to control ths uso of our own stroto6dc nucloor w.-rapon nust rothinod to tho-. limit of our loast until militory and politicolcirc=otncos ors prtfolindly dlfforont from whot thoy r- today. It is tho nn=st casuistry to arguo that if tho wso.1,on ond tin mcons of usr!n6 it :o.ro 1?-urch.....sed in phrt, cr ovon- oltotlIcr, from oo'3thor notion, throforo tho ihd000ndont right to nse it hos no roolity. With o woo,.on so cntostroohic, it is possosoion and tho right to uso which count. On ths otnor hand, wo coolJ not, without forfoitihg- t:oo pcssitility of ultinoto o,olf-ao.forco, allow onr2civ..s to bs. O:.ocsndont or foreign suIsJsly for tho r,„,poinonionts of o wholi1":27.1of 0= soryicos. Mot is why wo con- donn policios as tITis Yfotion cond=ns to-- ond cc vtlo ito solitory spoakor oainst tho condr=n1 ucon, which 7.,To,..31J hour. british industry dnostituto of tho cotocity to 7:roduco by. itoolf ond to co-ortrot with othor Ellropison countrios in bro,:mcing mmd,orn militory oircraft, or whotvor po.y Po dootin:2r1 to rooloco thorn, in tno tnird dim,nsicn of =- fors. in olh• fu=o. DEFEHrCE THIRD SESSIClI As a European pemer, me have also to insure amalast the hazard that hostile operations on the Continent might he so extensive and successful as to prejudice the safety of the idnited'Kingdom without the nuclear curtain being rung domn upon the scene. Here, again, it is speculation, perhaps idle sPeculation, to try tc describe circumstances in which mar might be waged in Europe witnout the strategic nuclear weapon being invoked almost instantly. 7iribltany British government might shudder before the responsibility of resting the safety and tho existence of this nstion on the blind he, assumption that no such war which could endanger them would ever happen. for instance, who would risk destroying our Territorial Army as a force capable of training men and units for major war, or who would contemplate leaving this country mithout home defence, must be;sulcer than I would dare to be that he himself knows exactly what such a war 7,rill,and mill not, be like. And so we insert, I assume, wholeheartedly and determinedly the amendment mnich refers to the Territorial nrmy into the ',:ction. So far I have spoken about tha supreme national inte=rest,the defence of this realm. What are the other national interests which, though still secondary to that, might claim to share the resources we ali.ocateto defence? Cno tnat is often mentioned is trade and access to ram materials. Ine fIceedomto bliyand sell, to in-portand export, is indeed an obvious and vital interest of this nation, as it is (72 others - not least, of other European nations. It may to tnat ih the past ''tradefollowod the flag", as tltsephrase went. Hut whether that be so or not - and my on reading cf history mould incline me to turn timema•im the other way round - it has no validity today. eations, competitors of ours, which depend equally or more on trade, have oiltstriPpedunr own parfrrmnnce without =maymilitary preserce either -7nthe areas from Toichtheir materials are CriVe`,1of in those Wearo their principal morkets aro situated. Indeed a military presomoe has racT3tSewm once proved rot,h::17an obstacle Mnan a safeguard to the development of trado, tnd hindared instead of promoting tLat rtcognition of mutual material !nmeresm waich is cc only acre bns.isof all mrodo. I do not think a defence reouirement 2,T ahi conntrg could easily-be founded on .7)-u_reconomic or commercial interects in tMamse'tves. DEFEUCE THIaD SESSION Mr Powell Oft-n, howevr., these are seen as merging in another interest, that of assigning limits to the extension, outside Europe, of the thing we call communism. Ne do not, of course, mean communism literally: for com=ism is an abstract theory, and you do not shoot theories with ballets. e mean the Russian empire and, in the second place, the Chinese empire, both which we apprehend might threaten Europe and thus ourselves by commanding the adjacent continents of Asia and2frica. This generation which now is has twice narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of a milita - emoire which possessed on7y a private, nationalistic creed. We cannot take lightly the danger of unitary empires armed with an ideology that claims to appeal to all mankind. It is in the solemn presence of that danger that the British Government and people have nevertheless to weigh twp great propositions with the utmost candour.