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Laos and Cambodia
13.
Mr Schori said that developments in Laos and Cambodia
were encouraging compared with what had happened in the
past. He had heard from a Red Cross team in Cambodia
recently that things were improving. The Soviet Ambassador had commented that he wished his country could enjoy the
same economic progress as Cambodia. Mr Maude thought that
a solution in Cambodia would no doubt influence the United
States positively in its attitude towards that region.
Migration from Soviet Union.
He had heard from his
It was
14. Mr Schori turned to migration.
Austrian colleague who had been in Moscow recently, that
Soviet citizens would be able to get passports soon. anticipated that 1 million Soviet citizens would want to
leave the Soviet Union in a year. They were eager to see the Western world. This would cause problems for countries
like Austria.
Germany
15. Mr Maude asked for Mr Schori's comments on Germany.
Mr Schori said that the new Germany would be merely an
enlargement of the Federal Republic. He wondered how soon it would be before Embassies would be opening in a united
Berlin. GDR Ministers seemed to be at a loss to know what
to do. He thought that the FRG and GDR were handling things
properly. He was confident that the security issues would
be sorted out.
Soviet Union ... continued
16.
Reverting to the Soviet Union, Mr Schori said that if
the Soviet Union were to make unilateral reductions in troop
levels then it would be appropriate for the West to respond.
Mr Maude said the argument was about the speed and extent of
reductions not whether there should be reductions. But
caution was needed. HM Ambassador wondered if the creation
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