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Sir Robert Armstrong, GCB CVO
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SUBJECT:
ANGLO-GERMAN SUMMIT: 8-9 NOVEMBER 1983
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1. This letter sets the scene for the Anglo-German
Summit, which will take place in Bonn on 8-9 November.
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Anglo-German relations are in good shape. Thanks
to frequent meetings at the top, the will to co-operate
is strong, and close political understanding permeates
most aspects of our bilateral work. The Prime Minister,
who last met Chancellor Kohl over dinner in Bonn on 21
September after her visit to the Netherlands and British
Forces Germany, will find him preoccupied in November, as
he was in September, with the controversy over INF
deployment.
By the time of the Summit we shall be very
close to the arrival of cruise missiles in Britain and
Pershing II missiles in Germany. We should also have
been able to take the measure of the expected
demonstrations, and the competence of the German
authorities in handling them. Kohl's position on
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