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CONFIDENTIAL

5. I should be grateful if departments could provide the following briefing material to reach the Private Office by lunchtime on Thursday, 4 December:

(i) for the Prime Minister

(a) Vietnam a major passage to last about ten to fifteen minutes, in the form of speaking notes (3.E.A.D. in consultation as necessary with other departments);

(b) Nigeria: the Prime Minister will not require

speaking notes but would like an up-to-date memorandum on the state of play on negotiations. Un relief matters, he will draw on the paper recently circulated to Cabinet (W.A.D.);

(c) Greece one side,in the form of speaking notes

(S.E.D. in consultation with W.C.D.);

(d) A European Security Conference

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one side, in the

form of speaking notes (with a reference forward to the Secretary of State's speech the following day) (N.O.D. and E.E.S.D.).

(ii) for the Secretary of State

(a) NATC, East/West relations and a European

Security Conference - a major passage in the form of speaking notes, to last about fifteen to twenty minutes (M.C.D. in consultation with E.E.S.D. and W.E.D. and D.P.D. as necessary);

(b) The U.. application to join the Common Market

a passage to last about ten minutes in the form of speaking notes (E.1.0.).

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