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W.
meet Chancellor Kohl over a meal in Bonn on
21 September after her visit to The Hague and British
Forces Germany
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Our objectives for reform of Community
finance cannot be achieved without German support, while
in the defence field the INF deployment programme in
continental Europe depends on the Germans sticking to the NATO timetable, which envisages the arrival of Pershing II
in the FRG by the end of this year.
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UK Objectives programme
1.
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4. A list of briefs, and an agenda broken down by subject
and interlocutor are attached. Our main objective is to
explain to Dr Mertes our Community concerns in the run-up
to the European Council in Athens on 6 December.
Brief No. 2
deals with the Stuttgart negotiation.
Dr Mertes is not familiar with the details of this
negotiation but he is bringing an expert (Dr Ungerer) with
him. Our second important objective is to discuss INF
(Brief No. 4 ).
5. Of the other topics, we attach priority to the Falklands (Brief No. 8) and UNLOSC (Brief No. 7) but
we see no real need for lengthy discussion of Taiwan
(suggested by Dr Mertes) or indeed Chad, included on a
contingency basis. Brief No. 20 (the UK/FRG/France
'triangle') is background only.
German Objectives
6. Dr Mertes will wish to concentrate on arms control
(particularly INF) and East/West relations (in particular
the German question).
He believes strongly that the
western allies should be bolder in publicly reasserting
their commitment to reunification.
Of the other topics,
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