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£ million 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 United Kingdom private sector investment overseas −679 −789 −836 −1,383 −1,743 Overseas investment in United Kingdom private sector 673 845 1,047 795 1,653 Overseas investment in United Kingdom public sector −56 −10 107 120 175 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 United Kingdom private sector investment overseas −1,118 −1,281 −2,156 −2,167 −3,288 Overseas investment in United Kingdom private sector 2,287 1,697 2,063 3,096 2,835 Overseas investment in United Kingdom public sector 252 43 203 2,182 −81 Figures of total outward and inward net investment involving other EEC countries for the years 1973 to 1977 are published in"United Kingdom Balance of Payments 1967–1977 "—the Pink Book. The available information for individual countries relates only to direct investment up to 1976, as published in"Business Monitors M4—Overseas Transactions ".