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field the Prime Minister will wish to reassure President
Reagan that the UK fully shares American concern about
the 'technology haemorrhage' to the Soviet bloc, and that
we have taken action to tighten up our own procedures as
well as our support for action in COCOM.
10.
Defence issues will be particularly important and
topical. The President will wish to discuss the tactics
for maintaining the cohesion of the Alliance during the
run-in to INF deployment and the public handling of the
sensitive issues involved. The Prime Minister will have
an opportunity to give advice on this and to reaffirm
Britain's support for NATO's dual-track decision. At the
same time she would have a chance to remind the President
of the need for his Administration to be seen to be
genuine in its desire to reach arms control agreements,
and she might in this context urge the President to put
some new impetus into the START talks. She might also
raise the Western response to the latest
proposals on outer space.
Soviet
Central & Latin America & Falkland Islands
11.
Subject to the decision to be taken by OD on 22
September, the Prime Minister will wish to reassure the
President that the British garrison will not be withdrawn.
from Belize at the end of the year. She will wish to
point out, however, that we cannot sustain this
commitment indefinitely and that we look to the Americans
to help bolster the security of Belize in the longer term
and to bring pressure to bear on the Guatemalans to reach
a settlement.
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