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MDLIAN 2384
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FM CANBERRA
TO ROUTINE FCO
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OF 220045Z JANUARY 91
FCO FOR SPD
UK/AUSTRALIA OFFICIAL TALKS: POLITICAL TALKS
SUMMARY
1.
AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO DATES FOR TALKS.
DETAIL
2. THE AUSTRALIANS ARE CONTENT WITH THE DATES PROPOSED. BUT THEY ARE NOT YET IN A POSITION TO SAY WHO WOULD LEAD FOR THEIR SIDE. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARIES
AGENDA.
MOST RELEVANT TO THE
3. THEY ARE CONTENT WITH THE OUTLINE AGENDA WE PUT TO THEM DRAWING ON PARAGRAPH 6 OF MACKLEY'S TELELETTER OF 15 NOVMEBER TO SPD.
IN ADDITION THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
4.
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SOUTH AFRICA
- USSR/EASTERN EUROPE
- CSCM
THEY WOULD ALSO WISH TO RAISE BILATERAL TOPICS INCLUDING MARALINGA AND UNDER THIS GENERAL HEADING THEY WOULD INCLUDE ANTARCTICA
COLES
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