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To help maintain UK/US intelligence, defence, and
politico-military ties.
Short Term
1.
To foster wider understanding within the US Administration
of the importance the UK and other NATO allies attach to arms
control (and a ban on CW production), and hence to the Camp
David 4 points on SDI aims and deployment, while seeking to
secure satisfactory UK technological and industrial benefit
from participation in SDI research.
2.
To consolidate US understanding of the fundamentals
of the Northern Ireland situation, counter Republican propaganda
and fund-raising activities, secure Congressional approval
of the amended US/UK Extradition Treaty, and successfully
"sell" the autumn outcome of the 1985 Anglo-Irish dialogue.
3.
To seek to ensure that mounting protectionist pressures
in the US do not spill over into a crisis in politico-economic
relations with the EC.
4.
To help the Administration counter any renewed pressures
for unilateral
al reductions in US forces in Europe.
5.
To continue closely to monitor pressures within the
Administration for "pre-emptive action" against terrorism,
or greater US involvement in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
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