DSR 11 (Revised)

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SUBJECT: PUS'S TALKS WITH RASGOTRA

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1. Don't want to cover the whole world, but to let you

know of some of our concerns, and to draw attention to

issues on which we would particularly value your

thoughts.

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2.

We have been more than usually concerned in the last

year or so with issues that may seem parochial but are

difficult to solve and of considerable political interest

in Britain:

(a) the Falklands

Argentine aggression unprovoked and unjustified.

We did our utmost to find a diplomatic solution

but had no alternative in the end but to meet

force with force. In no-one's interest that aggression

be seen to succeed. In the longer term, some

accommodation with Argentina obviously desirable,

but cannot possibly negotiate until Islanders have

rec o vered from war and until there is change of

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