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Eureka
17. M. Dumas said Eureka was making good progress. Decisions now had to be taken about the Secretariat. The proposal to site it at Strasbourg seemed to have met with a positive reception. the venue suited many countries. The French wished to avoid Eureka coming under the control of Brussels. The Secretary of State said he continued to believe in a task force rather than a Secretariat. This would draw together people already active in the fields covered by Eureka. It would be a device to focus minds and encourage the heads of existing organisations to work together. He had heard differing views on its location. The UK had been charged at Hanover with studying the idea. He did not necessarily think Strasbourg was the right place and was less opposed to Brussels than the French. Many relevant organisations were already based in Brussels. Dumas pressed for an early UK response on the siting.
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UNESCO
18. The Secretary of State said the UK had not yet completed its assessment of the Sofia conference and had not yet formed a view on future participation. Views in the UK were sharply divided. There was a debate in the House of Commons later in the week. He could not predict which way the UK decision would go.
19. M. Morel said many of the UK objectives seemed to have been met at Sofia. Much real progress had been made. The Secretary of State said some progress had been made. But many people felt it was not enough.
Falklands/Argentina
20. The Secretary of State said that whatever the terms of the "soft" resolution proposed by the Argentinians, they were still insisting on negotiation of sovereignty and ignoring the right to self-determination of the Falklanders. At heart the issue remained unchanged and the UK hoped that France would not change its position.
21. M. Dumas noted that the UK and France both had problems over sovereignty. We had our problems in the Falklands, the French had theirs in New Caledonia. He suggested that further discussion
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