CUNEI DAN ADAL
PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VISIT TO THE UK, 2-3 JUNE 1988: BRIEFING FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH MR SHULTZ, 3 JUNE
BRIEF NO
BRIEF TITLE
A. 2
A. 3
CHECKLIST
East-West and Soviet internal
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Developing well. Result of Western unity and resolve. Need stabilityand good management of East-West, not breakthroughs
Gorbachev. Opportunities for West: but danger of reduced public perception of threat
- US Presidential election: impact ?
- Our objectives: more open USSR; more independent
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· Eastern Europe; greater security and lower level of
arms
We need: good deal at Vienna; progress on human rights; conventional reductions
Internally, Party Conference may be crucial. economic reform massive task. Agriculture ?
Arms Control
(a) Nuclear
But
START: negotiations continue ? New target date ? Fifth Summit ? Soviet pressure to do a deal ?
- Can progress continue during autumn ? Any detailed
progress on verification ?
- Any potential Treaty blockers, eg SLCMS ?
Does proposed deployment of mobile MX missiles
indicate change in US strategic policy ? What future for Midgetman ?
Defence and Space
Any possible middle ground for solution to problem of space-based testing permissible during period of non-withdrawal from ABM Treaty ?
- What thinking behind Administration proposal to allow
sensors, even if ABM-capable, to be deployed ?
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