the deployments would be covered by treaty obligations.
So, first the research, which can be done without
infringing the treaties, and I think it best to wait for the
results of that research before being able to go any further
or to conjecture about what would happen then. We know that
we would have to go to negotiations then.
QUESTION
Madame Prime Minister, can you tell us what you told
the President concerning your meeting with Mr. Gorbachev?
PRIME MINISTER
I gave him (the President) a general account of my
meeting with Mr. Gorbachev. With Mr. Gorbachev we discussed,
obviously, East-West relations, obviously arms control. I
made it quite clear to Mr. Gorbachev that there was no point
in his ever- either his or the Soviet Union
to separate us from the United States.
hopeless mission if they did!
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ever trying
They would be on a
I also discussed trade matters with Mr. Gorbachev
and a number of other matters, but we had a very realistic
and constructive and businesslike discussion. No rose-tinted
spectacles on either side, and it is best that way! Really
realistic, constructive and businesslike, and friendly.
QUESTION
Prime Minister, are you concerned that a spirited
US research programme might fuel a process of competition