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TRANSCRIPT B - GUS O' DONNELL/FRANCIS CORNISH/MARK PELLEW
BACKGROUND BRIEFING LONDON 22 FEBRUARY 1993
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NICK COMFORT (DAILY RECORD):
Just to check the mathematics of the programme, are we right in
assuming from what you said that the President and the Prime
Minister will be together continuously from 3 to 9 o'clock on that
day or is there anything intervening?
GUS O'DONNELL:
That I will be able to confirm later.
There may be a short break
but at the moment it looks like they are together. I can't rule
out there being an odd break for drinks or something where they
may be joined by more people or may disappear for a short time but
I think basically they are together for that length of time.
QUESTION:
Will the Prime Minister feel any need to raise the subject of
nuclear testing or has that already been sorted out by ambassadors
or is it just going to be put off until much closer to 19967
GUS O DONNELL:
It is a subject that the Prime Minister will be briefed on,
certainly. How far we need to go, I will know better when we have
got there and we have talked to Robin Mennick about the progress
that has been made to date. It is something that we want American
help on and it is something that we care about both with a UK and
an EC hat on so it may well come up.