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CONFIDENTIAL
DSR 11C
STEERING BRIEF FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH
CHANCELLOR KOHL ON 21 SEPTEMBER
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INTRODUCTION
1. Chancellor Kohl responded very readily to the Prime
Minister's suggestion that they could meet in-Bon
21 September after her visit to the Netherlands and
British Forces Germany (BFG). Time will be short,
however, and as the meeting will take place over a meal,
there will scarcely be opportunities for detailed
discussion.
UK OBJECTIVES
2. On the Community (Brief No ....), the Prime Minister
will want to concentrate on the Stuttgart negotiation and
the run-up to Athens. Progress so far has been slow and
it will be important to-make sure the negotiations
concentrate on the key items and do not get side-tracked.
The Prime Minister will want to welcome German support
for our safety net ideas and urge on Chancellor Kohl the
essential need to get agreement on a scheme on these
lines; she will also want to make clear the difficulties
we have with the Danish 'convergence fund' proposal which
the Germans are also likely to oppose. The Germans have
not so far supported our proposal for a strict financial
guideline to control the growth of CAP expenditure,
although there are those in the Finance Ministry who
would like to do so. The Prime Minister will want to
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explain why we consider the financial guideline an
essential part of decisions at Athens to rationalise the
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