should go ahead, you then have to start to negotiate with the Soviet Union on that deployment. Otherwise, you would be in

breach of treaty obligations and I do not believe that it is the intention to be in breach of treaty obligations on the

part of the United States in any way.

QUESTION

Madame Prime Minister, as a result of your talks

with Gorbachev and your talks now with President Reagan, would you expect a Summit between Mr. Reagan and Mr. Chernienko

next year?

PRIME MINISTER

Summit.

I do not think I can predict when there would be a

I would not expect one very soon. You know my view

about Summits. Any such Summit would raise expectations very

very high indeed and I think, therefore, that before such a Summit takes place there should be very extensive preparations for it. Now, whether that would be towards the end of the year of the following year is not for me to say and I do not think one could predict, before one knows how the disarmament

talks get on.

QUESTION

Prime Minister, have you ever debriefed or discussed

with the President or Vice-President on your Peking visit?

Or Hong Kong?

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