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11. M. Bariani said that the French policy was clear.
Habré but favoured a negotiated settlement and discouraged Habré.
from rash initiatives
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12. M. Bariani expressed shock at the killing of British hostages
in the Lebanon. French public opinion reacted just as if those
killed had been French. This was the reality of Europe. Whatever difficulties lay ahead Europe had become an irreversible fact.
13. Mrs Chalker invited M. Bariani to visit London and to keep in
close touch. The meeting ended at 16.05.
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