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Mr Runacres
News Department
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ARTICLE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR "REVUE DES DEUX MONDES"
1. Thank you for your minute of 28 March covering a first draft of the Secretary of State's article for "Revue des Deux Mondes".
2.
The ECDs have the following comments:
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paragraph 2: omit the reference to EC finances. Something on the improvement in US/Soviet relations or conflict in the third world (possibly the end of the Iran/Iraq war or movement on Cambodia) would be better in this context;
paragraph 5: we agree with Mr Ramsden (his minute of 29 March) that there might be a reference to France in this section. An alternative to his proposal would be to begin paragraph 5: "There can be little doubt that the UK today, like France, is not only
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paragraph 9: fourth line: for "concept" read "vision";
I attach a redraft of paragraphs 10-15.
30 March 1989
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N Sheinwald
European Community Department
(Internal)
CC:
Mr Kerr o/r
Mr Cooper, Planners
Ms Spencer, ECD (E)
Mr Hemans, Soviet Department
Mr Paul, Hong Kong Department
Mr Dain, WED
Mr Lever, Sec Pol Department
Mr Fraser
Mr Teasdale