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1. CHIEF MINISTER IS GRATEFUL FOR THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR HIM WITH THE TREASURY AND CONFIRMS HE WILL KEEP THE APPOINTMENT AT 5PM WITH HUGH EVANS. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO RENEWING HIS ACQUAINTANCES WITH MR RYDER.
2. HE HAS ALSO NOW CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL BE HAPPY TO MEED DAVID RATFORD AT 10AM, FOR A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION BEFORE THE MEETING WITH MR MAUDE.
3. CAN TRANSPORT PLEASE BE ARRANGED FOR HIM FROM MR MAUDE'S LUNCH AT LANCASTER HOUSE TO THE ODA FOR HIS MEETING WITH MRS CHALKER AND FROM THE ODA TO THE TREASURY FOR HIS MEETING THERE?
4. AS REGARDS THE MEETING WITH MR MAUDE, HE HAS GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:
(I) THE GIBRALTAR GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL STRATEGY: BOSSANO SAID THAT HE
HOPES TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH WITH MR MAUDE THE SAME DEGREE OF UNDERSTANDING HE BELEIVES HE HAD ACHIEVED WITH MRS CHALKER WITH RESPECT TO WHAT HE AND HIS GOVERNMENT ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE ON SUCH MATTERS AS MAKING THE ECONOMY SELF-SUFFICIENT, AND THEIR GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS SPAIN, POLICY ON BRUSSELS AND THE AIRPORT AGREEMENT, AND ON THE CONSITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GIBRALTAR AND BRITAIN.
(II) THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN THE MOD PRESENCE IN GIBRALTAR
(III) INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS SUCH AS REFUSE DISPOSAL: THE GOVERNMENT
ARE COMMITTED TO A MAJOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUPORT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT NOW GOING ON, NOT ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTMENT WILL PRODUCE A RETURN IN THE SHORT -TERM: ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT ARE NOT LOOKING FOR UK DEVELOPMENT AID, THEY WOULD WELCOME SUPPORT IN FINDING FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SOURCES:
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