FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Questions for the Secretary of State
14 March 1984
1. European Council 19-20 March
4.45pm
Committee Room 8
Anything to say about this?
(Mr Spearing)
ECD (I)
2.
Middle East
NENAD
a)
Lebanon - what now?
NENAD
b)
Soviet (Syria) role?
c)
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Palestinians Arafat's travels
NENAD
increased Jordanian role?
d)
Iran/Iraq
MED
NENAD
3.
e) US/Israel relations.
UK/Soviet relations
a) Hints of a thaw how should this be
progressed? Kohl statements. Secretary of State's Stockholm speech.
Soviet Dept
b) Views on improved 'hot-line' post-Korean airliner?
Soviet Dept
Defence Dept
c) Views on possibilities of European, rather than
NATO, defence arrangements.
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4.
Hong Kong
Progress report on talks with China.
HKD
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Note: On several of the questions at 2 and 3 the Committee will probe for differences between UK, European and 'Western' policy lines.