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FOLLOWING POINTS ARE FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION :-
(A) WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL UNTIL VERY NEAR THE TIME HOW LONG
WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE MIDDLE EAST OR PRECISELY WHAT LINE WILL BE
TAKEN. THERE ARE TO BE FURTHER MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS HERE ON
PROBLEMS ARISING OUT OF THE FOUR POWER TALKS.
(B) THE PRIME MINISTER WILL WISH TO DISCUSS SOME ASPECTS OF SALT
WITH THE PRESIDENT IN PRIVATE. IT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE TO DISCUSS
THE SUBJECT FURTHER IN **PLENARY!* BUT NOT TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL
NOR TO HAVE NUMEROUS EXPERT ADVISERS PRESENT. IF NECESSARY THE MORE GENERAL IMPLICATIONS OF SALT COULD BE COVERED IN THE TALKS BETWEEN MR. ROGERS AND MR. STEWART UNDER THE EAST/WEST HEADING. (C) ON RHODESIA THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD PROBABLY WISH TO RAISE BOTH THE QUESTION OF THE CONSULATE-GENERAL AND THAT OF CHROME. (IF ASKED YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU THINK THE PRIME MINISTER MAY WISH TO RAISE BOTH THESE POINTS.)
(D)
DEPENDING IN PART ON HOW THE TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT GO,
MR. STEWART WILL PROBABLY WISH TO RAISE UNDER THE BILATERAL TRADE
MEADING OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AT UNITED STATES POLICIES ON A NUMBER OF
ITEMS. WE WOULD NOT ENVISAGE THAT HE WOULD GO INTO MUCH DETAIL, EUT THAT HE WOULD REFER BRIEFLY TO E.G. TEXTILES, CHOCOLATE CRUMB AND SHIPPING, AND INDICATE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE OF CONCERN TO US AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. HOWEVER, THIS WILL NEED CAREFUL HANDLING
SINCE WE DO NOT WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE AMERICANS TO RESPOND BY
PRODUCING THEIR OWN LIST OF COMPLAINTS:
(E) IN SPEAKING ON EUROPE THE PRIME MINISTER AND MR. STEWART WILL
WISH TO CONCENTRATE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ON DEPLOYING THE
POLITICAL CASE FOR OUR ENTRY.
(F) ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ETC, YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT
IT WAS AGREED AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH MR. STEWART
AND MR. FREEMAN THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE NCT TO ENCOURAGE A
LONG SESSION, SINCE DISCUSSION MIGHT BECOME TOO DIFFUSE AT THIS
STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.
6. MR. FREEMAN HAS SEEN THIS TELEGRAM.
STEWART
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