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VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO WASHINGTON, 24-25 MARCH: CALL FOR BRIEFS Deadline 1000 Friday 19 March
1. The Secretary of State will visit Washington on 24-25 March for talks with the new US Administration. An agenda is attached. In addition the Secretary of State will have a number of meetings with members of Congress and the media.
2.
I should be grateful for briefing notes as follows. First named departments to lead, please. Would departments please indicate any points which are not for discussion with Congressmen or press.
Russia, including President Yeltsin's attendance at
the G7 Summit in Tokyo and Clinton/Yeltsin Summit on
4 April
Ex-Yugoslavia, including peacekeeping
Libya/Lockerbie
Middle East: renewed contacts with the PLO; Israel; Iraq
UN Security Council Reform
China MFN/Hong Kong
Northern Ireland, including the Anglo-Irish talks and US Envoy/ Fact-finding Mission
European Defence
Nuclear Testing
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GATT, including oilseeds
Arms Sales to Argentina
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